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Summer Dates
As I’ve often written here, I had an idyllic childhood. I am completely aware of how blessed I was to lead the kind of life Disney stories are based on, a modern equivalent of living in the Hundred...
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Instant Pick-Me-Ups
I have been away so long, that I almost forgot my password! The longer I stayed away, the tougher it was to get back. So much has been going on at work (the deal we were working on for a year closed...
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Tagged
I’ve been tagged for the first time ever! Thank you Elisa and sorry for the delay in posting. I’m copying the rules right off her page (including her tweaks) and have add a few changes of my own,...
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Intent can be the Ugliest Thing
“I have never found violence exciting or interesting. Sometimes, the ugliest thing at the scene of a terrorist attack is not the blood and the bodies, but the intent. It’s something that is almost...
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The Girlfriend Search: Consolidate in Glitter
Since I started on my Journey last year with the 12-Month Girlfriend Search, I have realized that things happen to those people who make the effort to make things happen. I know it sounds a bit...
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Sugar and Spice – Has the Recipe Changed?
One of my friends K (from the girlfriend search) is leaving town for good, as I write this, and we decided to have a last meal (sounds dramatic right), together with the gang, before she got on the...
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Appreciating Our Children
I’m sure all of us held our children a little closer and tighter, while praying for this family on Thursday. Losing a child is unnatural in the natural order of things and I hope the family is given...
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The Written Word
While I feel like I have disappeared from the world of blogging, I’ve actually been writing a lot! Funnily, most of the writing is of a completely new kind and it’s been a real learning experience. So...
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You’re Not Special
This speech has gone viral across the internet and I can see why. It’s phenomenal and I’m saving it to share with my daughter when she gets a bit older. So without further ado, here it is, with a few...
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When Did I Become A Girlie Girl?
I admit it, I love pink and purple and glitter. I’m a girlie girl through and through, though I also love sport and books. So that makes me a sporty, girlie, bookworm. Okay, the discussion is not...
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Is it always this way with the first one?
The first born, the first novel, the first job. There are doubts and believing others when they tell you it’ll work out on it’s own (till you realise unless you take a decision and act on it, nothing...
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Finding My Way Back
This year, I really may have bitten off more than I can chew and the area that has been affected first is my writing. While my posting here was sporadic over the last six months, over the last month it...
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Everyday’s a Party
My mind has been overloaded and cluttered these past few months. There have been energizing brain storming sessions, tedious but necessary mid-year number crunching analysis, constant conference...
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Expectations and Perceptions
In our professional lives, when some one doesn’t react, respond, cooperate the way we expect, what do we do? We may talk to them, have an argument, come back onto the same page, rework whatever needs...
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A Listers – Ideas That Wake You Up
Happy New Year to all of you. Let this be the year that we fulfill our dreams and create the life we want. Or if you are like me, get started on the path to fulfilling all your aspirations. Either way,...
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What I’ve Learnt in 31 Years – Part 1
Yup, the title says it all. These are the lessons I want to make sure I share with my daughter and all the other children in my family. While using ketchup packets, always check the direction of the...
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Eyes On You
I’m not a make-up kind of girl. I don’t even use moisturiser everyday (okay I know that falls under skin care and not make-up, but you get the point right?). Consider this, I have used lipstick about...
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Winning Against Ourselves – Mind Games
V comes up to me this morning and starts talking about school. “Mommy I’m really getting fast at running, I ran past S and K when we had games period yesterday.” “That’s great V but isn’t the running...
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A Girl and Her Jewels
“Romance is divine, and I’m not one to knock it, But diamonds are a girl’s best friend. Romance is divine, yes, but where can you hock it? When the flame is gone” – Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, A friend...
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Who’s A Feminist?
What in the world do you mean by the word ‘feminist’? Does a woman who wants respect, a safe life, the right to voice her opinion and the freedom to follow her dreams automatically become one? Then let...
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