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Childhood Amnesia – a thousand days forgotten forever

by Claudia on September 12, 2021

“All that we ourselves are has been made by the child, by the child we were in the first two years of our lives.” Maria Montessori Elwyn loves to run…. [Continue Reading]

The magic of human touch – 9 random special memories

by Claudia on April 11, 2021

~ Reach out and touch, somebody’s hand, make this world a better place, if you can ~ 1 Play Not long after my family moved to Australia, I became friends… [Continue Reading]

SpiRITUALity – Made’s cremation ceremony

by Claudia on December 17, 2020

Prologue Made died on a moonless, windy evening in July. It happened so chillingly fast. He’d suffered a sudden attack of excruciating chest and stomach pain at home for half… [Continue Reading]

TIME OUT

by Claudia on May 1, 2020

We didn’t really need the virus to slam its huge sinister foot on the world’s brake pedal, making the world skid and slide to a slower pace, to know that… [Continue Reading]

This Ain’t No Walk In The Park (Coronavirus blog-story #1)

by Claudia on April 10, 2020April 16, 2020

Dylan stomped his feet and wriggled so much that Sharon took twice as long as normal to put his sandals on.  “Wait up little man, please stop moving,” she pleaded…. [Continue Reading]

Valentine’s Romance

by Claudia on February 14, 2020

It’s Valentine’s Day again. Ho hum, you say. Or do you shrug and say you have romance in your life all the time and not just today! Or, are you… [Continue Reading]

There’s no place like home… is there

by Claudia on January 15, 2020January 15, 2020

Recently my son expressed disappointment that he has no childhood home, to return home to. He was lamenting the fallout from the lack of stability he experienced in his childhood…. [Continue Reading]

To be or not to be… hairy?!

by Claudia on February 15, 2018February 15, 2018

“I love your body.” How often has someone said THAT to you? If you’re lucky, a lover has (and you received it with grace and appreciation and belief). But it’s… [Continue Reading]

Friendship

by Claudia on March 1, 2016March 27, 2017

The seed of new friendship grows with an energy of its own… With salt air and ocean water flowing free into the journeys of its body and soul, it pulses… [Continue Reading]

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