Category Archives: Life

House

By Naomi | Published: 03/07/2010
What makes us live within our means or push ourselves to our financial limit and even exceed it? I grew up with parents, well my mother in particular, for whom the thought of being in debt was horrifying. They never had much money (enough, but no more) and with that we had a holiday every [...]
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Death

By Naomi | Published: 25/03/2010
Morbid though it is, I’ve been thinking a bit about death. More specifically its use in encouraging people to think about life – “Live every day as if it’s your last!”. I don’t know about you but I find death a very hard topic to contemplate. I don’t feel at ease with it, I feel, [...]
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Backpack

By Naomi | Published: 03/02/2010
I thought we had made some decisions about life but it seems we may not have. We were thinking about moving abroad, at least for a few years, but had decided to stay here and do the overseas thing for a month or two at a time each year. A few things have prompted the [...]
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November

By Naomi | Published: 01/12/2009
What a month. Life has felt like my own version of “Four Weddings and a Funeral”. Mine is called “Three Birthdays and a Funeral”. My Grandmother passed away the day before my sister’s birthday. Though a terribly sad time for us she was an impressive 96 years old and in her own words she was [...]
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Distracted

By Naomi | Published: 14/10/2009
I recently took a trip to London. Partly a work thing and partly a decision to spend a bit of time on my own and with my sister. Two nights away on my own. It was the longest I had ever been away from my children! I think I was more anxious than they were [...]
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