On Squares and Pegs

On Squares and Pegs

by | Mar 28, 2013 | FAMILY AND PARENTING, FAVOURITE, WRITING

Oh, to be round and able to fit into that hole that society has for us. Round is neat and smooth and I’m surrounded by round pegs everywhere I look—at my kids’ schools, my old work colleagues, when I go to the shops. People who can slip into the peg holes society...
In Memory of My Father

In Memory of My Father

by | Mar 25, 2013 | MEMOIR

It is one year today since my father passed away. He had Alzheimer’s and over the preceding year I’d watched his brain and body decline. The day before he died, I walked into his room at the nursing home and did a double take: I thought I was too late. He was lying on...
Coming Out

Coming Out

by | Mar 21, 2013 | ON WRITING, THE SISTERS' SONG

  Okay, I’ve decided it’s about time I came out and told everyone that I write. There, I’ve said it. I’ll even say it again: I write. That must make me a writer, although I feel fraudulent saying that. It feels strange,...