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woman sitting at her computer with a calculator working out how to save money

How to Save Money, 9 Tips for Medical Families

16th July 202016th July 2020Leave a comment

How to save money. If you're like me with the hospital admissions, therapies & appointments, I don't need to save money, there just isn't enough of it. Or so I thought

Very Special kids for children in palliative care

Very Special Kids for Palliative Care

17th March 20202nd April 2020

Very Special Kids cares for children with life-threatening conditions by providing a children’s hospice and professional family support services.

Eucalyptus bush burning - Knowing my limits (in intense situations)

Knowing My Limits

15th February 202018th March 2020Leave a comment

As a carer, I am often stretched beyond my imaging. But would I know when I had reached my limits? During the bushfires, I learned that answer.

Rocky nearly dry creek in the bush - Not unlike the hunger games, where building community was the key

Building Community as a Carer – Why do my friends call this life The Hunger Games?

23rd December 201929th December 2019Leave a comment

My friends compare this community to the Hunger Games. Our 'unlucky' drawcard landed us together. We need our community & the odds to ever be in our favour.

Not PTSD, Post-traumatic growth: Man -possibly asian decent standing at the top of dark stairs looking back down with light behind him.

Not PTSD – Post-Traumatic Growth

23rd December 201918th March 2020

You've heard of PTSD - what about Post Traumatic Growth? It changed my life with a child with a life limiting condition & made me functional when he passed.

Man in dark clothing hunched over holding his head - sleep tips to cope with your child in hospital

Sleep tips to cope with your child in hospital.

20th December 201923rd December 2019

These are Luke and I's sleep tips to cope with being in hospital. Matthew was in hospital 50% of the time, Sleep is super important to cope with everything life as a parent of a medically fragile child can throw at you.

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