Yearly Archives: 2013

I have a very large family, with its strengths and its weaknesses. A family that gathers weekly, one that I shifted back to the town I grew up in, so that they could be a part of my fledgling families everyday. One would think that we don’t need anymore family […]

the family we choose

8 Sep, 2013 in Sept 2013: Men / Uncategorized by Amanda

The word depreciate is generally used in relation to a house or a car – and it’s not something we particularly like to hear. It is all about a reduction in dollar value. Depreciate can also mean “to belittle or to lessen the value of, by derision, criticism etc; to […]

Appreciate or depreciate?

6 Sep, 2013 in Sept 2013: Men / Uncategorized tagged children / family / kinwomen / men by Esther Murray

“Thinking in terms of men versus women not only lessens equality for women it limits our collective future potential.” John Gerzema, a TED circuit regular As a woman how do you judge a man? Is it really helpful to apportion values and attributes by gender? There are well-documented differences between […]

same, same but different

3 Sep, 2013 in Sept 2013: Men / Uncategorized tagged kinwomen / men; women by Elaine Fraser

This month our theme is ‘Men’. If you would like to be a part of the conversation we have started a post it note competition.

MEN

2 Sep, 2013 in Sept 2013: Men / Uncategorized by Amanda

I had two different photographers at my wedding, Steve Fraser who took the most amazing formal photos from our wedding and another great friend who took more casual ones. This friend did me such a great favour and it was by pure mistake that the photos went missing for a few […]

Stop Phubbing

26 Aug, 2013 in Aug 2013: Friendship / Uncategorized tagged friendship by Amanda

Yesterday I spent the morning, at the beach, sitting on the grass, chatting with a friend. Not an old friend, a new friend, but a good friend. The kind of friend who asks the right questions. The kind of friend who skips over the small talk and says “how […]

the right question

21 Aug, 2013 in Aug 2013: Friendship by Jodie McCarthy