http://www.ifieleele.com Ifiele’ele Plantation – Fasitoo Uta, Samoa. What a paradise Joan and Paul have built here. What a perfect place to let go of the tension of the last month (months? years?) and unwind. Although I should have done this years ago, what perfect timing this holiday turned out to be. What a perfect place to contemplate what I want…
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Wednesday 9th April, 2014
We farewelled Dad at the South Melbourne Uniting Church on a grey, rainy day. As I’ve been helping Mum prepare for today over the past week, I’ve been thinking about what memories I could share with you. Dad didn’t have many shortcomings, but there were a few which made him human like the rest of us. One notable one, shared…
Wednesday 2nd April, 2014
www.theage.com.au/tributes MACFARLANE, William Robin Robin Macfarlane passed away peacefully in his sleep on 1/4/2014. Beloved and loving husband of Alison, cherished father of Heather, Joan, Ian and Kathryn, treasured father-in-law of Chris, Paul and Louise and adored grandfather of Jean-Marc, Jeremie, Bastien, Alastair and Rachel. You were a tower of strength in all our lives; your love and wisdom the…
Tuesday 1st April, 2014
In Sydney for work yesterday; a missed call from Mum in the afternoon. I went to call her back from the taxi as I was leaving but the phone rang before I could dial – it was Ian. Dad had gone downhill suddenly; fluid on the lungs, not getting enough oxygen, heart starting to fail. Mum had made the hard…
Sunday 30th March 2014
Good to have the girls back on board today for the 3rd heat of the Port Phillip Women’s Championship Series; Day 2 of the Women in Sailing Challenge at Sandringham Yacht Club. A lot of me just wanted to go and be with Dad, to give the helm to Alex and let her and the crew take the boat without…
Saturday 29th March 2014
The final race of the Range series today; we were leading the PHS points board but only because they hadn’t taken drops into account – with drops we were coming second and Redline was untouchable in first place. We didn’t have a great race; quite late for the start (again), chose the wrong side of the course a few times…
Thursday 27th March, 2014
Two weeks and no real improvement for Dad. The way the family has come together reminds me of how much I’ve got to be grateful for. Every time I feel a twang of sadness for Dad I remember to what extent the family is what it is because of him, and I can’t help but feel blessed. He knows us;…
Sunday 16th March, 2014
How much things can change in a week. And yet, not change. My decision still stands. I have started thinking about the how. The fact that my world has turned upside down doesn’t change that. The number of times in my life that my world has turned upside down, I’m getting pretty used to hanging on by my ankles. But…
Monday 10 March, 2014
Exactly 17,128 days have elapsed since I made my entrance into the world. I know this to be true because Google tells me so. Most of those days have been good ones; some haven’t. On the whole I can’t complain; in fact, on the whole, I’ve been very fortunate. Today is a very important day. It’s the first day of…