I am a superstitious person.  Open an umbrella inside, walk under a ladder or lock eyes with a black cat on a full moon, and the universe is going to have it in for you. And don’t even get me started on mirrors! So now that life has changed I cannot help but feel as [...]

Going to make you all cry. Because I can. Avery: means “King of the elves“, “Elf King”, “Elf Counsel” This song was sent to me via a friend’s friend. It is from the Album “The King is Dead” (yeah, you read it right….) Dear Avery – The Decemberists Here are the lyrics: Dear Avery Dear [...]

Avery’s Casket, with my bear, some photos, some flowers.  Casket open. It was Thursday morning.  I woke after a restless night of sleep of tossing, and turning.  My body was tired and sore, but my head was worse. It was late and I joined the family in the lounge room.  Quiet chatter buzzed in competition [...]

Yesterday we had a death in the family. In the afternoon we discovered our beloved pet rabbit Jacque had died.  We are not sure what happened, but we think he may have overheated and died. Of course, this news was even more devastating to my daughter – he was her rabbit.  We had lots of [...]