[…] of us. Whilst we tried to remain hopeful, Paul battled his way through over eighty rounds of chemotherapy over the next three and a half years. He passed away a few days short of this fortieth birthday in 2013. Paul’s death slapped me hard in the side of the head. No longer could ideas […]
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[…] mother would I suppose, reiterating her love for me, but my eleven year old self struggled to accept her words. My memories of her are clouded by images of her taking me to hospital, administering treatments or praying for my healing. I watched her treat my siblings differently and was reminded every day of […]
[…] distressing, and I was finding it so difficult to process what was happening around the country and the ongoing trauma and grief people were dealing with. The images in the news were so vivid and visceral and I couldn’t stop thinking about the fires. In early 2020 there was smoke everywhere, and the moment […]
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[…] Building, The Wheeler Centre, and in regional Victoria. Program directors such as Steve Grimwade were always on hand to take care of the logistics. I have an image of Steve standing on the deserted main street of some country town on a Sunday morning, making sure all was OK. Roderick Poole’s interstate workshops back […]
by Melanie Edge An image of a crowded beach. The long, white, metal rod that seems to have attached itself to my hand these days hit the soft sand and bogged itself with the handle jarring into my rib. I winced while the on lookers looked on, not sure how to react. “Why would […]
