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Monthly Archives: August, 2007

Ten years on…Diana

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Ten years!. It seems only weeks really since the world woke to the news of that accident. Not in Australia though, we watched the whole thing unfold on TV as it happened because it was during daytime for us. Most of us [...]

Expectations and realities

I wrote recently about my son and his decision to leave France and return to Australia. I thought I might go a little more into detail because it is importantĀ  to really consider your childrens options when you decide to live in another country. I wish we had given someĀ things alot more thought before we [...]

A familiar story

The recent mysterious disappearance of young Madeline McCann in Portugal back in May has brought to mind a similar mysterious child disappearance, except it was back in 1980 and it was in Australia.
The McCanns have been without their little girl ‘Maddie’ for 3 months now, and it seems the Portuguese police – in charge of [...]