Christmas Down Under

As I write this I’m perched on a balcony looking out over the roofs and treetops towards a shining blue lake – Lake Jindabyne in Australia. I decided to return to Australia for “Hot Christmas” after initially visiting in October as part of an extended post-40th-birthday trip, and the weather has not disappointed — it’s […]

That Home Feeling

When you’ve been around the world and back time and again “home” becomes more of a feeling than a place. So I’ve learned to treasure places that help me find my way back to that feeling of “home.”

Letting Go is the Scariest Part

Today I went rock climbing, on a rock climbing wall with an automatic belay, which means there’s not a human holding the rope to bring you down. So you are just supposed to let go. Letting go, I decided, is the scariest part. And it’s so true, isn’t it? Challenge I can do. Climbing to […]

Square fifty seven

Lately I’ve been tormented by the feeling I’ve been set back to “square one.” By the pandemic. By divorce. By the increasingly impossible cost of living in my city. By the social consequences of prolonged “bubble” restrictions. Square one… the words haunt me, and send me spinning into a downward spiral. Maybe if it was […]

Starting at the Beginning

Sometimes to move forward, you have to go back to where you started. Just shy of three years ago, I landed on the shores of New Zealand for the first time in my life, brokenhearted and barely surviving, but excited for the hope of healing brought by a new adventure. Sometimes you have to go […]

Operation Full Circle

Three years ago, I got my heart broken… shattered into dust. A few months later, I embarked on the trip of a lifetime to “Middle Earth” and the “Land Down Under.” This trip, an exercise in self-guided adventure therapy, marked the beginning of an epic journey of healing, rebuilding, and renewal. Three years later, I […]

One Year Later

I may have forgotten my wedding anniversary this year, which is its own kind of victory. But this day I have seen coming for a while, looming darkly on the horizon. And now it is here. One year ago today I experienced the worst day of my life when my entire world shattered into dust. For […]

New Game Plus

It’s not the first time I’ve used a video game metaphor for my life, and it won’t be the last. Unlike video games, there is no reset button on life. But much like some of my favourite video games, there is a a way to take the experiences, items and elements from a previous play […]