A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN A YEAR - IT'S MY FIRST BLOGAVERSARY!

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A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN A YEAR

I can't believe that it's been a year since I started this blog! The time has just flown past and what started as a place to put down a few thoughts, has turned into one of the most enjoyable things I've ever done. Who'd have thought that something so straightforward could have such a positive impact?

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IT'S NOT THE PROBLEM, IT'S HOW WE DEAL WITH IT

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A CAUSE CLOSE TO MY HEART

I thought I'd write a little bit about how things are going with the little boy I mentor through a program called Kids Hope. This is a program that links a church with a local primary school and the school chooses children who would benefit from some one to one time. The church provides the volunteers, who each get matched up with a child for an hour every week. A small amount of time that can make a real difference in that child's life.

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SOMETIMES YOU NEED THE PATIENCE OF A SAINT

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SAINT OR SINNER?

Caring for an incapacitated mother can be very good for building up those quality character traits that you didn't know you were lacking in. I always assumed I was a relatively patient human being - not a Saint, but not a screaming loony when dealing with the quirks of others. That was until my mother moved in for a few weeks!

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4 NEW HATS TO WEAR WHILE I'M A CARER

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WHEN YOUR MOTHER COMES TO STAY

There was a big change in our peaceful empty nest last week.....my mother moved in with us for a few weeks while she recovers from knee replacement surgery. She lives alone in the city and there was no way in the world I would let her go home on crutches! This decision has brought with it a few changes in my usual routine.

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7 LITTLE THINGS I JUST LOVE

7 things that I just love - little jolts of joy

7 THINGS CHALLENGE

I love a challenge, so when I was asked to share 7 things I love, I couldn't resist digging down and having a bit of a feel-good share. So, here are seven of my favourite little things - nothing big, but they all bring little jolts of joy into my life.

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MEMORIES OF BEING A YOUNG MUM

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LIFE AS A YOUNG MUM

As I look at my grown and flown adult children, I have moments where I slip back in time and think about them when they were little and how naive I was as a new mum. I'm a fairly logical and ordered person and I assumed parenting would be a straightforward exercise of a + b = c. In other words, love + discipline = perfect offspring. Little did I know......
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CHOOSING ENTHUSIASM OVER PASSION

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DO WE NEED A "BURNING PASSION"?

I've read many, many articles on "finding your passion" that tell me that my life is not complete unless I find something that I am completely passionate about. I think there is a lot to be said for swapping the word "passionate" with the word "enthusiastic". That way you can embrace lot of different experiences without being consumed by just one.
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DO I HAVE THE RIGHT TO WRITE?

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IS MY WRITING WORTHWHILE?

There are so many blogs out there written by people who have exciting or dramatic lives. People who have experienced loss, or pain, or passion, or innumerable life events that I have no claim to. When I think about these writers, I wonder if I have the right to write too?

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THE INVISIBLE WOMAN RE-VISITED

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WHEN YOUR PERSPECTIVE CHANGES

A while ago I wrote a post about the phenomenon that is the "invisible" middle aged woman. It was something that I had been feeling at the time - before I started connecting with all the fabulous Midlife women bloggers who've slowly but surely begun to change a lot of the assumptions I'd been making about life in my fifties.

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WHAT WAS TRUE THEN IS STILL TRUE NOW

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LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE WISDOM

Laura Ingalls Wilder was a very wise woman - she lived through some very austere times and yet she and her family survived and thrived. I still remember where she describes her excitement and pleasure with what she and her sister received for Christmas when they were living in Kansas....

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