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‘Here’s to strong women, may we be them, may we know them, may we raise them.’ Anonymous It’s a great quote, I love it. I have posted it and shared it myself a number of times. And yet like all quotes, have you ever really stopped to think about what […]

Holding Hands with Strong Women

13 May, 2019 in May 2019: Holding Hands tagged community / kin women / parenting by Jodie McCarthy

“If you don’t think I’m beautiful, then you’re entitled to your opinion (but you’d be wrong).” Sam Armytage When Sam Armytage wrote about the fact that she’s beautiful in Sunday’s edition of Stellar, I was simultaneously shocked, impressed and apprehensive. Shocked because I don’t remember the last time I heard […]

Sam Armytage Thinks She’s Beautiful

12 Jul, 2018 in 2018 Your image tagged beauty / image / kin women / sam armytage / stellar by Joni Leimgruber

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. Jane Howard Denise watched the young mums in their ath-leisure wear. They had takeaway coffee cups in one hand and mobile phones in […]

My Tribe

18 May, 2017 in 2017: Tribe tagged #authenticity / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraser / #elainefraserauthor / #tribe / children / conversation / friends / friendship / kin women / kinwomen / motherhood / mums / women by Elaine Fraser

The Day Her Life Began (Again) A short story By Elaine Fraser The day Lana’s life began again was just like any other. She got up, ate breakfast, showered, dressed, packed school lunches, put on a load of washing, ironed a shirt, and wondered for the millionth time, how she […]

The Day Her Life Began (Again)

13 Mar, 2017 in 2017 Create tagged #beginagain / #create / #elainefraserauthor / #startover / #thedayherlifebegan / kin women / kinwomen / motherhood / mums / no regrets / start afresh / women 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

Sharing Your Difficult Story Safely We are living in an age, with our various medias, and in particular social medias, when it is so easy to tell our story. The challenge I often observe is that some people are sharing their ‘difficult life stories’ unwisely and the response by others […]

Sharing Difficult Life Stories Safely

4 Oct, 2016 in Oct 2016: Story tagged #L.M. Montgomery#Hope For Tomorrow / contribution / difficult life stories / kin women / kinwomen / media / no regrets / penny webb / safety / socialmedia by Penny