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sadness

Watch.

Watch this.
picturesofyou.com.au
An ad that runs on TV here in Victoria.
Click on the ‘watch commercial’ on the bottom left.
It breaks my heart. Every. Single. Time.
And please,
Please
Slow down.

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Sunday night. Boo has just been serenading me with rockin’ riffs on his, badly tuned but who can even notice, guitar. Totally naked, save the blanket he totes around pooling at his feet.
‘Rock on baby, rock on!’ I shout and then smother him in kisses.
‘Aww, mum! Yuk!’ he squeals.
Bedtime routine.
MPS offers to sit with [...]

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She is gone.

You can shed tears that she is gone
or you can smile because she has lived.
You can close your eyes and pray that she’ll come back
or you can open your eyes and see all she’s left.
Your heart can be empty because you can’t see her
or you can be full of [...]

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She is in a coma….

the doctors don’t believe she will regain consciousness.
They are the only words I remember from the phone call.
She is in a coma.
My grandmother. Months of pain, in and out of hospital with falls and medication overdoses, it is for the best. She is no longer in pain. She is peaceful.
She is in a coma.
But yesterday [...]

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Sorry.

About fucking time.
I weep for those children.
I weep for those mothers. Those fathers, brothers, sisters, grandparents and communities.
Like I would say to anyone who has suffered a loss, an indignity, a horrific situation. I am so sorry.
And imagine, just imagine, that it happened to you.

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This post brought to you from the rocking corner.

I am surrounded by empty chocolate wrappers and have worn a dint in the carpet from the rocking.
But man, that rockin’ is great for the abs.
Cradling a glass of Mint Baileys with tons of ice, the air con blowing in my face.
Drying the tears, leaving mascara trails down my face. I look like Alice Cooper.
And [...]

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