One of the big advantages to having Pete cremated was that if anything happened to the significant pieces of jewellery, there would be...

I have fallen down a few rabbit holes on Instagram recently following hastags relating to widows. I have no idea when and how it started....

We have nothing on, and no where to be - except home and our regular extra curricular activities - for 4 weeks. Finally having a few...

The animals who joined our family in January this year are turning one. And so that means we’ve almost negotiated a year of not having...

There are so many things that are hard to do now - and not all of them I was expecting. But the thing is, some of the hardest things...

This guy turns 10 today. Our Ute Muster baby who has this appropriately inappropriate story about his 3-week-early arrival that includes...

It’s been 8 months since we lost Pete and I’ve been trying to get control of our world. And failing. I have been trying everything to...

Since Pete has died, he has received recognition like I never could have imagined. I am constantly blown away by how much people thought...

Last weekend everyone in our house lined up for a hockey grand final. It was Pete’s perfect supporter scenario and he wasn’t here to see...

While we got through Father's Day last weekend seemingly all intact, the reality is, that on Monday morning, we all woke up with an...

In my head I have a mental count of all the hard things we have coming up that I know will be difficult without Pete because they are...

Last weekend I went home to my home town and attended the first event in that town since Pete died. I had spent a lot of time completely...

One of the things I wasn’t expecting about widowing is some of the things people say ... and some of the things I would miss. Most...

Today marks 6 months since Pete died. I cannot get my head around the fact it has been half a year. How can it be half a year already?...

We now officially have a teenager in the house. And her Dad isn’t here to celebrate with her. And she has cried a lot about that. Our...

The thing about trying to make sure you’ve got everything under control is that when you don’t, sometimes you really don’t. No matter how...

Nineteen years ago a friend had a birthday party. It was a small affair in this friend’s back yard ... in the middle of winter. As with...

There is a lot of paperwork to sign when someone dies. Like ... A LOT. There is even more when the person who dies doesn’t have a Will....

The best thing about the skill set I have is that I can work anywhere. As long as I have a reliable internet connection, for most of the...

This week has basically boiled down to one thing - the kids want their Dad back. Tears. Tantrums. Tears. Yelling. Kicking. Tears....