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21 Aug

355 – The Power of Tea

355 – The Power of Tea

Wrinkles are the tattoos we wear made with ink mixed from blood and charcoal made from the tree of life. How often in life do you …

 
By Lynsey
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09 Aug

343 – Extra OK

343 – Extra OK

Monday. I hear from my sisters. Finally some doctor engagement, and Mum *finally* gets a CT scan. Something is amiss – something good. Mum has …

 
By Lynsey
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07 Aug

341 – Winning wars

341 – Winning wars

Mum some how seems better this morning. This doesn’t make much sense, because she’s had a stroke. She somehow is hanging in – winning her …

 
By Lynsey
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15 Jun

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 …

 
By Lynsey
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22 Jan

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 …

 
By Marica
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21 Jan

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 …

 
By Marica
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20 Nov

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, …

 
By Marica
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24 Sep

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 …

 
By Marica
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14 Sep

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 …

 
By Marica
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