It has long been known that New Zealand has the worst youth suicide rate of all 41 OECD nations - here in Godzone our young people are strug...

I am fifty-three years old today. Yep, it's my birthday and I am content. To my faithful readers, sorry I haven't written on my blog...

Christmas was always my favourite time of the year – until I found myself facing Christmas as a sole parent in 2016. Five years on, I can...

I am on edge and I need to vent the best way I know how. I need to somehow clarify and articulate what it is that has me pent up like a pipe...

We have been dog owners for five years now, and we cannot imagine life without our doggy boy, Clyde. Back in 2016, while in the middle of a ...

Today has been a super-emotional day.  Maybe it's partly the Level Four lockdown we find ourselves back in, all of a sudden. Maybe it...

  Today was full of heartbreak. The end of the road for our fluffy little tabby cat, Dave. She came to us in March 2011, sitting on our back...