Find out who you are and do it on purpose. Dolly Parton We figure out who we are in our teens, right? At least, that’s what the developmental stages suggest. Maybe that is true in part but I think I have figured out more about who I am in my […]
2020 Sept: No Apologies
1 Recently I have noticed something in our family that I haven’t seen before. Maybe because of how much time we have been spending together in our new routine of this season in 2020. I have noticed that my kids apologise to me a lot. Sorry, mum. “Hey, guys, why are […]
Stop saying sorry
1 Do your thing. Do it unapologetically. Don’t be discouraged by criticism … and no matter what, don’t ever stop doing your thing. Asher Roth This Covid time has caused me to question a lot of things. I’ve questioned my writing, my lifestyle, my beliefs and values, my place in society–just about […]
No Apologies: This is who I am
2 2020 has been a difficult year. Both for the global world and my world. My personal world. I have experienced once in a lifetime losses which have asked me to dig deep into the well of my values, my identity and my relationships. Gosh it has been challenging. But now […]
No apologies for hope
6 Go back?” he thought. “No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go! J.R.R Tolkien, The Hobbit For a year, probably more, we’d been unravelling. Not an unravelling that means we had been falling apart, but an intentional unravelling. The kind that knitters […]
Don’t Apologise for Moving Forward
How many times a day do you say the word, sorry? Think of all the needless times that we apologise for things that we didn’t mean to do. There are some moments when sorry is appropriate, like bumping into someone or stepping out of a car before someone when we […]