Family & Lifestyles

To provide our children and grandchildren, and others who read this, the 21 lessons from their parents and grandparents 40 years of marriage

We each have a propensity towards one of Gary Chapman's 5 Love Languages. Understanding and showing it is crucial is fostering strong bonds.

Growing old does not mean giving up on the things we once did during our youth, nor does it mean we stop learning or trying out new things!

If there is one thing we should all consider leaving behind 2023, it is our metaphorical backpack of long-held grudges. Here is how you can.

People who are consistently late are often unaware of their lateness. While knowing their impact, tardiness remains their nemesis.

Respect is an attitude. Love must express itself also in action. If both parties can do this, we have what is called mutual respect.

Cooking is staple to life. Not only to satisfy our hunger for nutritional and tasty food, cooking has many other therapeutic benefits.

Young children can teach us many lessons if we are sensitive to recognising certain displayed behaviours as positive leadership attributes.

We make choices everyday, sometimes not realising the consequences. What if the consequences of our decisions are realised too late.

I thought for this year I would challenge myself and move outside my comfort zone in essay writing. I have recently been dabbling in...

Have you ever been teased or called insensitive names? Have you ever been the butt of a joke or made fun off for how an outfit looked on...

This essay is about my grandson Ezekiel who had a restless night before the morning could break on his birthday. The first part of this...

Even though retired, I recently took a three-day sojourn, with my wife Jenny, to the beautiful township of Daylesford in regional...

Jim Rohn, American entrepreneur, author, and motivation speaker was credited with the saying, “You are the average of the five people you...

"Papa!", Toby shouted as he entered the house and ran towards my open arms. I carried him in the usual way, did a 360-degree spin and...

It was close to 6:00pm and my father had returned from the bank where he worked. I was about 10 years old. He often had something for me...

The act of giving is a real blessing for both the recipient and the giver. It is worth asking, what do we do with the gifts we receive?

The weather forecast read, ‘Sunny with moderate winds, a maximum of 16 degrees Celsius, with the occasional showers in the afternoon’....