Tag: hospital

288 – Going home

288 – Going home

Home. It’s a core idea for everyone. What it is, what it isn’t. Where you are, and who’s there. I’m heading down Thorndon Quay for …

 

144 – Everyday heroes

144 – Everyday heroes

My sister, Diana, and I were deep in conversation when one of her son’s, Mario, walked into the room. As an aside Diana has five …

 

143 – Holes in your stockings

143 – Holes in your stockings

My sister, Diana, and her husband, Miro, wanted me to come up to Auckland to be with them when they got the pathology results following …

 

081 – Hairy moments

081 – Hairy moments

Give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair. Shining, gleaming, streaming, flaxen, waxen. Give me down to there hair, shoulder length or longer Here baby, there, momma, …

 

024 – Peeling off the layers

024 – Peeling off the layers

My son Damian has fought off the big ‘C’ – leukaemia, to be more specific. He was only 10 years old when this insidious disease …

 

014 – I can hear

014 – I can hear

The response was instantaneous. The sheer joy on my son Damian’s face overwhelmed me. He was so ecstatic. This was a life changing moment for …