On 18 June 2023 Lighthouse Church Bridge dedicated their new playspace in Violets honor. We had the privilege to share a little about Violet at church, below is what we said. Shortly after her 6th Birthday, our youngest daughter Violet, was diagn...

How do you tell your child they are dying? Six months prior to Violet’s death we were told there were no more options to treat her cancer, she was palliative and had days to weeks to live. It wasn’t as simple as that, there were options, but none...

We sold our renovators delight and were looking for a sanctuary, somewhere quiet and space to refresh from hustle and bustle of the world. We bought land in the hope to build but faced a lot of challenges with bushfire and landslip overlays. The ...

As the months pass since Violet died and we create a new normal I’ve reflected on a few things that are different without her here. One of those is our bedtime routine, to help me to continue to remember (and not forget), I’ve documented it here… ...

After fighting cancer for 6 years, last October my youngest child Violet died. Several years ago, after almost burning out I realised not to ‘live for work’ but to ‘work to live’, the last 6 years have been closer to ‘work to get by’. As such, wo...

THIS IS STILL A DRAFT, but the shell is here Last month I got covid, even though I was double vaccinated I woke with a fever, aching bones a splitting headache and feeling terrible; it got me thinking of the hundreds of times Violet felt like tha...