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With December soon to descend upon us, Elf preparations have become my world. Shortly after deciding to grant permission of entry to our ‘clan of elves’ for Christmas 2020, came a harsh realization: the luxury..

A cloud of questions is circulating in my head. The decision is one that only I can make, and I’m stuck in a deep state of procrastination.   Do I welcome the return of that clan..

‘Wait! What? I glanced at the calendar and saw that word. NOVEMBER. Noooo! Let’s pretend it isn’t, so Sam and ‘it’ will go away. It doesn’t feel like THAT time of the year again! Surely..

“You know how you feel when you don’t know how you feel? That’s how I feel.” Unknown This quote reflects how I was feeling when I heard the Premier’s announcement regarding the easing of COVID-19..

At the start of 2020, I had not heard of COVID-19.  Any suggestion that the Australian Football League’s (AFL) Grand Final would not be played in Melbourne in September would have been laughed at. Impossible...

In a mere eight months, the entire human population has been confronted with a new, mysterious illness we refer to as COVID-19.  Many of us have developed a comprehensive understanding of Covid, and the risks..

The easing of COVID-19 restrictions in Victoria is highly anticipated and welcome. We can begin the long road towards a new sense of normal daily living.  We can resume activities which we haven’t had the..

“Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.” Forrest Gump I don’t watch much television; these days I seldom watch it at all. With compulsory home isolation, television hasn’t..

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” — Helen Keller  ..

Resilience is a good friend of the word, Connection. Together they work to encourage wellness.  Resilience, much like Connection, is among those critical, meaningful and highly relevant words that have risen in status as we..