Hope & Humour
An exploration of aliveness ~ I write about creativity, intuition & motherhood.
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I want to laugh (opens the original)
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~ this will be my last article for the foreseeable future. After sharing this post all paid subscriptions will be paused. They will recommence if/when this publication returns.~ I never know and that is part of the magic ~I thank you deeply from the bottom of my heart for being here and supporting my art, it is not a small thing! If you have been here for a beat, you know that…My devotion is to the Truth.XIt was the end of the day of the end of the term of the end of a long to-do list and here w
Even when you make mistakes (opens the original)
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Recently I had one of those very sub-par parenting days. It felt like one thing after another that I was apologising to my kids for. Yelled at them over nothing important. Leaned in when I should’ve leaned out. Can’t remember what else but you know, I remember I was sucking.Parenting two kids and pregnant with a third, coming off the back of a loss, is real messy some days. Parenting no matter the context I think, can be real messy. LIFE, can be real messy!!! I’ll be the first to admit that some
What love is (opens the original)
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How I don’t want to be loved (opens the original)
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I once had a friendWho turned out to be a full blown vicious narcissist.When I was cutting off contact she said,“I can’t believe you’re doing this Amanda, after EVERYTHING I’ve done for you.”It’s funny how that was meant to make me feel bad, when the only thing it made me was most certain of my decision.When someone says that, you run for the hills.Why?Because ‘everything’ they have ever done for you, has been for them. Nothing has been “for you”. Every act, has been a hook, to gain something fr
To be yourself (opens the original)
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Reading the following words by John O’Donoghue, in the days leading up to this almighty Aquarius Full Moon, has had me contemplating what it means to be fully myself in this season.“Behind each face there is a unique world that no one else can see. This is the mystery of individuality. The shape of each soul is different. No one else feels your life the way you do. No one else sees or hears the world as you do. The creation of the individual is a divine masterpiece. We were dreamed for a long ti
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