"I'm not a runner. I just wanted to get fit to show the kids I'm not going anywhere."
How a charity saved my life
Grief can be very selfish. It wraps you in a black blanket so you cannot see outside of yourself. You see nothing but the emptiness of your own pain....... I didn’t know it at the time, but when Ross and Amanda walked through my door 18 months ago, they were pre-delivering me the analgesic I would need to dull this pain.
Riding towards a cure for cancer
Donate “But I don’t want to die!” This is what Anthony said when the doctor gave us the terrible news that the reason he had suddenly developed weakness on the left side was because he had a brain tumour. Of course he didn’t want to die. He was 51 years old and he had everything... Continue Reading →
Anth’s inspiration
Anth loved inspiration. He had inspirational quotes on post-it notes all over his office. He subscribed to emails delivering daily motivational messages and meditations directly to his desktop. In clearing through his things, I have found many scribbled pages where he has noted down extracts from books on life’s purpose and learnings from psychology, eastern... Continue Reading →
On turning 50
I turned 50 recently. A bittersweet anniversary Anth so wanted to share. I wrote a piece on love and loss and being happy to have made it this far. I was thrilled that the website Mamamia accepted it for publication. You can read it here: http://www.mamamia.com.au/losing-my-husband/