"New" picture of me (taken June 2005). Best thing about this one is that you can see most of my rings, oh, and that I've got my glasses on. (Well, the other one from then doesn't have them so I guess it's a bit fake-y that way.)
"But I feel softened as I write; the better spirit springs,
And I am very sad tonight because of many things:-
The friendships that I have abused, the trust I dared betray,
The talents that I have misused, the gifts I threw away.
But I have done with barren strife and dark imaginings,
and in my future work and life will seek the better things."
exerpt from 'Cross-Roads' by Henry Lawson.
I'm the 55 y.o. mother of a 22 y.o. son. I have recently graduated from the University of Sydney (where I work) with a BAppSci in Radiation Therapy. While I live in Sydney, I am originally from Michigan in the US.
I am fortunate to have had a variety of amazing jobs (from working on an exploration site in Alaska to working on a research vessel in the Gulf of Papua) and to have done a lot of travelling, but being a lone parent has, to some extent, tied me down. But don't misunderstand - my son is the best thing in my life!
This blog was inspired by the December 26 tsunami disaster (hence the title "Swept Away") but not about it. A lot of my life is about loss and I am going to write about that but I know that my losses are nothing compared to that of millions of people today.
But I need to take this journey and I am going to do it in a public way.
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home