Yearly Archives: 2016

Elaine Fraser has been a writer for Kinwomen since its inception late 2012. She has published four books and very soon she will be publishing her fifth. One particular book series that we wanted to highlight here on to our network especially for the Mum’s of teenage girls, is “The […]

A new book releasing from Elaine Fraser

30 Sep, 2016 in Oct 2016: Story by Amanda

Photo by Steve Fraser My Husband and I have been married for five and a half years. Not very long in the scale of many marriages, but not so novice that even the smallest bump unsettles. At the beginning of this year, we encountered a fair amount of challenge in […]

Learning to fight fair in marriage and laugh a little ...

20 Sep, 2016 in Sept 2016: Laughter by Amanda

One of the qualities I love most in people is the ability to laugh at themselves. As a rather sensitive lass, it’s taken me a while to learn the art of not taking myself too seriously and instead of blush and retreat after a faux pas, to giggle and allow […]

Cackling, Cambodia and another C word

19 Sep, 2016 in Sept 2016: Laughter by Em Hazeldean

When was the last time you had a rib-scraping laugh? A rib-scraping laugh overtakes your body, your mind, and your soul. A rib-scraping laugh ends in tears that leak down your face and stress seeps out of you. A rib-scraping laugh sees you roll on the floor, clutch your sides […]

When Laughter Keeps You From Falling Apart

13 Sep, 2016 in Sept 2016: Laughter tagged #elainefraserauthor / #fallingapart / #steverizzo / #tonimorrison / family / kinwomen / laughter / rib-scrapinglaugh by Elaine Fraser

Somewhere along the way, life got pretty serious. It wasn’t when I became an adult, as the years of being 18, 24 and even 30 still held a sense of play or fun in them. I feel like life became genuinely serious when we had kids. There was a shift, […]

on being less than sensible

11 Sep, 2016 in Sept 2016: Laughter by Jodie McCarthy

I saw the ‘man laughing on the train’ video on social media recently – and it’s a classic. There’s nothing quite like a good laugh. The scene is set with a train full of people. All heading in the same direction but minding their own business, not daring to look one another […]

Fly in the face of the status quo and laugh ...

6 Sep, 2016 in Sept 2016: Laughter tagged laugh out loud / laughter / status quo by Esther Murray