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Messengers of perfect timing
Twice in my life I have been delivered – in person – powerful and timely messages from complete strangers. The first was the day of my father’s funeral, and the second was last Wednesday night. On both occasions, the message has been exactly what I needed and provided answers or hope to a major crisis…
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Thank you for brightening the dark sky
Last Thursday I shared with my LinkedIn network the news that I’m battling hard with the black dog of depression and its vicious sidekick, anxiety. It isn’t my first battle though it is the toughest. I felt alone and isolated, of course, but worse than that, I was feeling suffocated by not really talking about…
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Breaking it down: my mental health isn’t great
It didn’t hurt when I ran into the sandstone wall at full pace. Not immediately, anyway. I was able to regather myself a little bit and for a little while. Pushed on some more, moved in what I thought was a forward direction. But I couldn’t outrun the beast as well. Squeezed between a rock…
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Shit parents fail to declare child’s gender in #socialmedia accounts
At the time when they should be enjoying their happiest moment, new parents Jamie and Kim Androgini fear they have set up their child Kelly for a lifetime of ridicule. Like many others, the Androginis failed to register the social media accounts for Kelly with a gender-specific salutation. “It’s just so hard to keep up…
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There’s no dignity in parenting
Life changes dramatically when you have kids. As it should, I guess. But I wasn’t ready for the sudden loss of dignity. And to be honest, how little I cared about losing it. My firstborn was delivered unto us via an emergency caesarean. He was ten days past due and just too damn cosy. In…