You are Australia
We are New Zealand
Although separated by water
United we stand.
We have had our history
Not all has been great
We quickly forget that
There is no room for hate.
Read MoreIt’s like nothing I have ever experienced We have a special connection you and I It’s beautiful and indescribable
But you make me want to try.
When you cry I want to make it stop
To wipe your tears and make you feel ok It’s only you that makes me feel like this No one else, not in this way.
Read MoreYou do everything for everyone during the day.
You organise, you prepare, you clean, you cook.
You do everything for everyone at night.
You comfort, you shush, you allow your husband to sleep.
After all of my criticism of the fruit cake none other than the Christmas cake in my earlier blog, My Christmas list, and the subsequent results of my Instagram poll which confirmed that 62% of my followers agree with my position on this very political issue, I thought it only fair that I be proactive and do something to address this conundrum.
Read MoreNew Year’s Eve NounThe most overrated night of the year. Rhymes with: “Best we leave”, “I need to heave” and “get your hands off me Steve”.
Through each stage of your teens/adult life, the expectation verses reality of New Year’s Eve are poles apart.
Read MoreI’m about to take the “Merry” out of Merry Christmas.
Call me the Christmas Grinch, but as an adult I find Christmas less than satisfactory. Don’t get me wrong, it has to be the highlight of the year for a child
Read MoreHow am I thirty?
I’m thirty. Thirty? Thirty?! THIRTY!
I achieved this milestone on 10 November 2019. Where on earth did a third of my life go?
Mark asked me what I wanted for my birthday. Here were my thoughts on the matter:
Read MoreFriends. We all need them. They are there to laugh at you, with you and for you. They offer a shoulder to cry on, a lap to spew on and a bed to sleep in.
In your younger days you are given platforms to meet friends. Toys, sandpits and playgrounds help form your relationships initially. Through intermediate to secondary school, you have things like school camps and boarding school. Through University you have flat warming parties, garden parties, and any other adjective with the word “party” at the end.
Read MoreYou used to be so tiny,
So delicate,
So small.
You used to need me to nourish you,
So dependent,
So beautiful.
Read MoreThey say that becoming a parent is one of, if not the, best chapter of your life. I agree. It is one big messy love story with each chapter getting better and better.
Read MoreYou are the reason I get up each morning.
Even though my eye lids are as heavy as a five tonne truck.
Even though all I want is a sleep in, a coffee and breakfast in bed.
You are more important.
Read MoreMy motto in life has always been to finish what I start. This has always applied to all aspects of my life: My work, my workouts, my cooking, my cleaning and social commitments.
Read More"I, Emma, take thee, body, to be my wedded better half, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do us part."
Your relationship with your own body is like an arranged marriage. You don’t get to choose who you are paired with but you are expected to do your best to make the relationship work come hell or high water.
Read MoreWhat is it about being pregnant that makes strangers feel that they have the right to touch you?
Is it the passing friendly smile paired with the enormous bump which says, “Please come and touch my belly”? Or is it the slow paced waddle which both gives people the idea that you have nothing better to do as well as the opportunity?
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We all have that childhood classic which features once a year at important family events like a Christmas, Anzac weekend or Easter. It might be your Grandmother’s Christmas cake (but unlikely) your Aunty’s Anzac biscuits (equally as unlikely) or your older counsin’s way too alcoholic punch (most likely).
Read MoreIt is with a seriously foggy thought process courtesy of far too many sleepless nights that I write this post. Sorry in advance for what may be a disorganised mess featuring many brain fades but it is important to me that I keep this blog as real as possible and man is the current chapter of teething terror a very real reality for our family of three.
Read MoreI have always loved the way you make me feel, the warmth you give me when we touch, the comfort you give me when I’m cold, and your forgiving nature when I’m feeling unattractive.
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