IT’S EASY TO PANIC August 26, 2014Maria 2 So we’ve all had those moments of panic. The “what have we done?” panic. I get them. All. The. Time. Usually it’s in [...]
IT’S NOT WHAT WE LEARN, IT’S JUST WHO WE ARE August 21, 2014Maria Comment When I was 9 I watched Superman 2. I vividly remember the scene where the Eiffel Tower is evacuated because of a bomb [...]
RISK TAKING July 21, 2014July 21, 2014Maria 1 A few of weeks ago I watched Alice Walker and Alexis Wright captivate an audience during the Sydney Writer’s Festival with their reflections [...]
SOCIAL INJUSTICES AND SONG LYRICS April 24, 2014Maria Comment A couple of weeks ago, for homework, my daughter needed to find a song with lyrics that aptly represent social inequity, injustice, environmental [...]
MY WORDS AND MELISSA DOYLE’S ALPHABET SOUP March 24, 2014Maria Comment For the past week or so I’ve been mulling over in my head a post I’d like to write about. Values and belief [...]
EVERY NOW AND THEN I THINK I MIGHT BE DOING A GOOD JOB March 6, 2014Maria Comment Following on from my post “What’s The Best Way For Your Kids To Communicate With You?” something happens to reassure me that I’m [...]