Everyone tells a newly bereaved spouse not to make major decisions for a year. I understood this when I lost James, my husband, but I made many. I had to. One was not to sell my home in the community I loved. We had renovated the four bedroom townhouse from top to bottom and finished…
Continue reading →Now that it’s been nearly two years since my husband died suddenly, I can look back on the challenges I faced learning to live alone — permanently. I’d got used to my husband being away on business seventy percent of the time and enjoyed my solo time. But he always came home. Now he never…
Continue reading →Recently, I was part of the Goodlife Fitness Victoria Marathon. I couldn’t help thinking about the word ‘thrive’ as I witnessed thousands of people crossing the finish line having completed the marathon, the half marathon or the 8km road race. I was particularly struck by those who at my age or older were in better…
Continue reading →Some people are curious why I focus on the word “thrive” with such intensity. So I decided to write a sort of “manifesto” to capture the essence of what thriving means to me and how I see it playing out as the theme of this website. While thriving might be equated with success, there is…
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