Yearly Archives: 2016

Contribution can sound like an awfully big and important word. It can add pressure to our existence as if we have to find something that we own or do that is sufficiently significant to ‘bring to the party’. When in preschool, my now 26-year-old son, attended a small private school […]

One chicken cut into 8s please

29 Nov, 2016 in 2016 December contribution by Kelley

There is so much need, so much want in the world. The news headlines from one day can cover a range of issues ranging from workplace bullying and cancer, to the crisis in Syria and refugees. We are exposed to so much need both locally and worldwide. It is hard […]

one person, one need, one contribution

17 Nov, 2016 in Nov 2016: contribution by Jodie McCarthy

When you’re out at night and you need to walk back to your car alone it can be scary. I’ve often walked with my car key jammed between my fingers ready to hit someone if they jumped out at me. The sound of footsteps behind you can freak you out, […]

Walking Each Other Home

14 Nov, 2016 in Nov 2016: contribution tagged #authenticity / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraserauthor / #walkingeachotherhome / brenébrown / contribution / friends / friendship / help / kinwomen by Elaine Fraser

There are many ways the word of ‘contribution’ can takes us… but what sprung to my mind was related to the family and in raising children, particularly through the teenager years when these young people are finding their own feet, developing their own thoughts and opinions and becoming the good independent […]

Forget the Chores, Contribute to the Family!

4 Nov, 2016 in Nov 2016: contribution tagged contribution / family / generosity / help / home / kin women / kinwomen / mums / no regrets / parenthood / parenting / penny webb / talk about it / teenagers / unforgiveness by Penny

Those early years – me as a very little girl. I was born in Kent, Southeast England just after the war started in 1940. I often think of my mother who must have been petrified just even carrying me during this time – with war planes constantly overhead. She would […]

The Impact of Your Early Story

30 Oct, 2016 in Oct 2016: Story tagged #story / children / confusion / earlystory / elderly / formativeyears / impactofwar / littlegirl / morrisonshelter / motherhood / rejection / sadness / trauma / vulnerability / war / yourstory by Val Heaton

“I shall grow.” I’m a massive fan of growth. I like the feeling and the knowing that I’m moving forward. It’s not that I’m afraid to be still, instead I refuse to become stagnant. It’s the year 2007. My wardrobe is minimal and most of my clothes are sewn together […]

I Shall Grow

27 Oct, 2016 in Oct 2016: Story by Sara Polanski