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Category: <span>My Life</span>

Category: My Life

Confronting: Another blast from the past.

  Today, I was in a bit of a mental daze, coming out of Bunnings and someone approaches me smiling and ’wow how the f#@k are ya?’. He looked vaguely familiar but I couldn’t place him – not unusual for me 😬 His teeth were badly corroded which led me to believe it was someone I hadn’t spoken to for 5 years. But as he talked I realised he was far to young to be him, and he was talking about people I knew 30 years ago.  It only started to click who he was toward the end of our …

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Fathers Day 2025

Reflecting tonight on the profound reality that on Fathers Day, it is TWENTY FIVE years since my life was dramatically upended and changed forever…  It wasn’t – a new car, career, house or spouse– loosing a partner, property or job– being rejected by family or friends – the death of a pet or loved one– being found guilty or locked up But it shook me to my core, and 25 years later, the change remains. It was a supernatural realisation of the ‘simple’ fact that there is a God who created me, and despite knowing how much I would hate Him …

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My Life 200926 Speedway Newman 2000

The dust, the smoke, the smell of fuel, the noise, the laughing, the bottles of Jacks, the beer – these were ‘my people’ and this was definitely ‘my scene’.  I was walking towards them, but something was wrong…very wrong.   Normally, I would be right at home, drinking, joining in. But now, as I approached, two things were blatantly obvious: 1) I had no desire for the drinks. None. As an acute alcoholic, this was monumental. I would normally not leave my house unless I was drunk. Then I would drink more on the way and when I arrived. But …

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