Yearly Archives: 2013

“A friend is one that knows you as you are, understands where you have been, accepts what you have become, and still, gently allows you to grow.” (Unattributed) I have been friends with some people since high school, others only a few months. I have friends who are in their […]

A Friend For All Seasons

19 Aug, 2013 in Aug 2013: Friendship / Uncategorized by Elaine Fraser

We have had heaps of requests for our upcoming engagements: Kinwomen is not an organisation or a business, it is a network of women encouraging women. Most of our network is facilitated online, however we wanted to let you know the events that Penny, Amanda and […]

Kinwomen Events

16 Aug, 2013 in Uncategorized tagged kin women / women by Amanda

In my humble 36 years on this earth, I have sometimes done friendship well but often have failed miserably. I try desperately to be a good friend, to keep up expectations, to call often, to encourage, to love without measure… but the area that I stumble often is when I […]

say nothing often

4 Aug, 2013 in Aug 2013: Friendship / Uncategorized by Amanda

As a third culture child, I travelled the world for ten years from the age of 4. We never stayed in one country or indeed one continent for longer than 3 years. I have been to 8 different schools, and experienced numerous different schooling systems. I’m naturally a sanguine person, fairly adaptable, […]

friendship … the easy and the hard

2 Aug, 2013 in Aug 2013: Friendship / Uncategorized by Jodie McCarthy

Every morning my two year old insists that she put on her own socks. And every morning after struggling admirably and succeeding with one she turns to me, with the other in hand, and says “help, please Mum?” As a new mum, I have often heard that my role as […]

help please?

27 Jul, 2013 in July 2013: Independence by Jodie McCarthy

Independence Definition: Freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others. From the time we are small we hear the cry, ‘I can do it myself.’ The urge to be independent is strong. As we get older we still want to do things ourselves. As teenagers we […]

I Can Do It Myself!

24 Jul, 2013 in July 2013: Independence / Uncategorized by Elaine Fraser