From Bad to Worse

by | Nov 11, 2016 | Excerpts

When the boys arrived from Cairns in January we all crammed into our small flat for a few days before moving into our new home to start work on doing the place up and getting it ready to open. It was a nineteen-thirties house with intricate plaster ceilings. One side...

My Son from Another Planet

by | Nov 11, 2016 | Excerpts

Do you believe in space people?  What would you do if your 11-year-old son tells you in all sincerity that he came here from another planet?   This is the dilemma I was confronted with.  “Mum, I can remember choosing you to be my mother and coming into you...

The Instant my Life was Transformed

by | Nov 11, 2016 | Excerpts

I had hit rock bottom. No fight left. All will to live gone. The next step was to end it all. “Who am I? I’m nothing, no good to anyone. My boys will be better off without me. Their father can do what he likes with them without me around. The constant bickering...