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What Goes Around Comes Around!

What Goes Around Comes Around!

If you were expecting to read a rant of disappointment and revenge, this is not it! This is a tale of amazing generosity and of how people come together when a friend is in need. Let the tale begin…

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67 Charitable Acts to Celebrate and Honour Nelson Mandela on Mandela Day

67 Charitable Acts to Celebrate and Honour Nelson Mandela on Mandela Day

Celebrating Mandela Day with the Golden Ladder of Charity No man stands do tall as one who bends to help a child Not all charity is the equal! Strange as this may seem there is a “golden ladder” in charity that offers a hierarchy. Moses Maimonides, Jewish […]

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Happy Birthday Bubster

Happy Birthday Bubster

When you really don’t know what to get her for her birthday…

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Changing The World – One tiny action at a time

Changing The World – One tiny action at a time

There are times in your life when you certainly question your worth, when you wonder if you are really making a difference in the lives around you. Sometimes the answer is easy as you look down on your sleeping daughter or fight a tear as you watch […]

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Reflections

Reflections

Reflections As the last few days of 2017 wind down, I find myself reflecting on what was a very challenging year on so many levels. As I talk to friends and read posts from both friends and strangers alike, I realise that 2017 seems to have been […]

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It Happens To Men Too!

It Happens To Men Too!

Oh yes, we have all heard those strange stories of Facebook friend requests becoming Facebook message sessions turning nasty, but for some reason we seem to associate this strange (sometimes creepy) behaviour with men. This weekend I had a rude awakening. I enjoy Facebook, unlike a lot […]

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My Song For Sasha

My Song For Sasha

My Song for Sasha It started one evening as I was listening to Garth Brooks’ song ‘If Tomorrow Never Comes’: And if my time on earth were through And she must face this world without me Is the love I gave her in the past Gonna be […]

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The Fourteen Things I Love (most) About This Fourteen Year Old Girl

The Fourteen Things I Love (most) About This Fourteen Year Old Girl

The Fourteen Things I Love (most) About This Fourteen Year Old Girl Of course the “MOST” part is there because there are so many more than fourteen things I love about her but these are my tops! (In no particular order)     The Beauty Of Her […]

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#Project55 And The Photo Shoot

#Project55 And The Photo Shoot

So… one of the promises that I made to myself when I started #Poject55 is that if I could reach my health, fitness and body goals, I would do a photo shoot and post the pictures. Eish, that is much harder than you can ever imagine and […]

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Project 55 and a Transformation on So Many Levels

Project 55 and a Transformation on So Many Levels

Project 55 and a Transformation on So Many Levels Come gather ’round people, wherever you roam And admit that the waters, around you have grown And accept it that soon, you’ll be drenched to the bone If your time to you Is worth savin’ Then you better […]

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