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Confessions of an emotional eater

November 17, 2012

I couldn’t take my eyes off her. Last week, I saw myself at Coles. Well, in the carpark outside to be exact. I was loading groceries into my…

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The 6 things I miss about working in an office

November 17, 2012

The list of things I miss about working in an office is long and varied. 1. There’s the clothing, of course.   I miss buttoning up that gorgeous new…

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Which childhood toy did you desperately want?

November 17, 2012

Santa and I had a falling out when I was about four.  Not that I want to sound bitter. Okay, I’m a bit bitter.  And it was all…

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Lindy Chamberlain grieved the ‘wrong’ way …

July 14, 2012

It was 1980, I was eight years old and sitting on the lounge room floor leaning back onto my mum’s lean tanned legs when I heard someone –…

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If you’re the perfect parent, please stand up.

July 14, 2012

Six days ago, a really, really weird thing happened.  It appears that the entire Australian population turned into Carol and Mike Brady. We went to bed on Tuesday…

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Germaine? You lost me at ‘big arse’ …

July 14, 2012

At 9.47 pm last night while I was feeding my six-week-old son, checking my emails and wondering at what point my three-year-old daughter had decided I was on…

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I sent a work email just hours after giving birth to Fin …

July 14, 2012

It was one of those delicious rumours that spread through my hometown twenty years ago; propelled along because of its irresistibly juicy mix of perceived bad behaviour and…

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First Wednesday Club: Birthing Kit Foundation Australia

May 4, 2011

I didn’t have a birth plan when I was pregnant with my daughter Ava. Nope. I had a vision.   Within hours of giving birth I pictured myself in…

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First Wednesday Club for April 2011: If you cannot read and write then you are always afraid

April 6, 2011

It’s time for the First Wednesday Club again. This month we’re lending our support to the Indigenous Literacy Project which is about giving the gift of reading to…

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First Wednesday Club for March 2011: Help Maria Buy A Barn

April 6, 2011

In March, the First Sunday Club was offered a brand new home at one of Australia’s most popular websites  www.Mamamia.com.au  We also changed our name to the First…

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