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Dear Offspring, it’s time to call it a day. (July 2014)

August 16, 2014

’m just going to spit it out:  I want Offspring to finish.  I want this season – season five – to be the last one. In three weeks time, I…

At 30 I had a very clear definition of success. At 42 I threw that definition in the bin.

August 16, 2014

I made the two-hour drive south to see my parents last weekend and on my bed, waiting for me, my mum had placed an old cardboard box sealed…

My life is great. So why is this thought keeping me up at night?

August 16, 2014

What I’m about to tell you makes me sound ridiculous. But I’m going to tell you anyway because I don’t think I’m alone.And what I’ve learned recently has…

Today I got on the scales. Things didn’t go well.

August 16, 2014

Take a seat. I’m about to tell you how much I weigh. But I’ll get to that in a sec. Here’s where I’m at. I haven’t exercised in…

Does this admission really make me weird?

August 16, 2014

I’m a freak, apparently. On a road trip on the weekend, I confessed to something that nearly caused my friend to swerve off the road and crash the…

A man came to my door on Saturday and wouldn’t leave

August 16, 2014

A man I don’t know scared me. That’s what this post is about. That’s it in a nutshell. And when I say “scared me” what I mean is…

I’ve turned into the type of mother I once criticised.

August 16, 2014

Once upon a time I was a smug mother. When exactly? 2009 to be precise. Kevin Rudd was the Prime Minster, Tiger Woods was crashing into fire hydrants…

I was hurting and this is what helped

August 16, 2014

I have a stock-standard answer that I give when people ask me – and they always ask me – how I survived the death of my daughter Georgie…

Join me on Sunday 8th June to launch a wonderful new blog …

May 17, 2014

Meet Emma.  She’s my babysitter. She’s 22. Loves a laugh. Loves to travel. And last year was diagnosed with stage 4 melanoma. Stage 4 melanoma is terminal. Rather…

When Mothers’ Day becomes a painful reminder of what you don’t have.

May 17, 2014

I’m sitting here on Saturday morning writing this post. It’s Mother’s Day tomorrow and truth be told if I could close my eyes and skip a day –…

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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