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A personal look at 2009

Before moving into a new year it’s good to reflect on the ups and downs of the previous year.
A lot has happened in 2009. There have been some extreme highs and some tragic lows.
Pauline’s sister Carina passed away from cancer on the 8th of February at the age of 41. She had battled cancer back [...]

Regretting 2009

As we start pulling down the calendars and getting ready to launch into a brand new year, I’m wondering if 2009 will be a year of regret for you.
No Regrets
Some people say that they have absolutely no regrets in life. I consider that to be foolish. It’s foolish not to learn from our mistakes and [...]

Wondering about a new year

In all the busyness of this time of year have you managed to set time aside to draft out a few New Year’s resolutions?
Maybe you’ll get some time over the next couple of days. I’m hoping to get something together before the end of Thursday so that I’m ready for Friday and a brand new [...]

Ten Thousand Kilometres

I made it … and just over a month early.
By the time I finished cycling today I’d nudged my total for the year to just over 10 000 kilometres. Last year I managed to notch up 5 192 kilometres and I was hoping to get to 10 000 by the end of December. Looks like [...]

What's the big idea?

Do you have any big ideas for 2009?
This time last year I was looking ahead to early April when I was scheduled to fly to Haiti with Compassion Australia to see their child sponsorship programmes at work. As it turned out we were only able to stay in Port au Prince for a couple of [...]