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I’m not on the team. I wasn’t chosen for the squad. They didn’t pick me for the play. I missed out on a leadership position. I didn’t get the award. As a parent, I can promise you that at some point, you will hear one of those statements from your kids, and it will be AGONISING – for you as well as for them. Seeing your kids go through heartache and disappointment is one of the worst parts of parenting – BUT those moments of missing out are also hugely important. There’s a post on my blog…
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Sunday Mail Column: Suicide Mission to Become Real Again
The promises are tantalizing. Meet your neighbours. Get your life back. Stop self-procrastination. Improve your relationships. One little thing can deliver all that? You betcha. Best of all…
Sunday Mail Column: Smart Thinking
It was the last thing I expected to find. Two nights before Christmas in a backyard in the suburbs amidst the noise and fairy lights and is-that-Jim-dressed-as-an-elf? mayhem…
Sunday Mail Column for Sunday 2 January 2010
Here we are with a fresh, shiny year in front of us. A year plump with possibility. A highway of perfect days ahead. The truth is we’re standing…
A clean slate
I love a fresh start. Here’s a little bit of New Year’s Day inspiration for the year ahead ….(thanks to Katie for the link! xx) As for me,…
Sunday Mail column for Sunday 27 December 2009
It’s hard to resist. At this time of year the temptation to write a list of resolutions is as strong as the one to sneak a spoonful of…
Sunday Mail Column 20 December 2009
SUNDAY MAIL COLUMN FOR SUNDAY 20 DECEMBER 2009 So you’re either counting down the number of sleeps til Christmas OR counting down the days until your therapist is…
Trailer for my new book Find Your Tribe (and 9 other things I wish I’d known in high school)
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What’s a girl like you doing in a place like this?
I’m stuck. So I have a title for my book – hurrah! – but I’m stuck at the opening chapter. Did I say chapter? I meant line. I’m…
One Sunday Morning …
You know I’ve been meaning to do a blog for a while. My friend Kim Wilkins writes a fabulous blog called Hexebart’s Well. I don’t really know what…
About Bec
Over the past 25 years Rebecca Sparrow has earned a living as a travel writer, a television publicist, a marketing executive, a magazine editor, a TV scriptwriter, a radio producer, a newspaper columnist and as an author.
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