This is my dad - Noel Faulkner, born on Christmas Day, 1929. He passed away in August 2012. Without realising it, he had some incredible lessons to share... Dad was one...
I have a human barometer.
I'm very lucky. Some would say, however, I'm very unlucky. One of my closest friends lives in Sweden, far far away. We only get to share a cuppa together once a year or...
Quitting is fine, but what if you don’t want to?
We often joked that the first word our boys learnt in life was the word 'no'. As toddlers, they were in to everything! This simple little word morphs into so much more...
A welcome by any other name…
This is one of the roses that bloom in the small garden that is right beside our front door. Our garden is tiny, and bare on the ground, but the roses are stunning. I...
Scars that come with age
I'm 46 years old, and, like scars on my body, I have collected a number of battle weary relationships too. I'm not overly proud of that, but I am learning to accept it....