Clichés, Compassion, Creativity and that other C-word

As restrictions start to ease, and a resemblance of normal life creeps back in, I contemplate how just like the bushfires, COVID-19 will be a time in our life that we never forget. We would all agree we’ve learned a great deal from the coronavirus and this experience, and it’s important we don’t forget those […]

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Ask Sharon: Time to show compassion

Following is a copy of the full version of the column featured in The Area News complete with the Life and Death card from the Miracle Cards. Ask Sharon Time to show compassion My deepest compassion goes to the fiancé, family, friends, colleagues and students of Stephanie Scott. You are in our prayers. This week I won’t be answering a […]

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Emotions Take Flight

This post was from exactly three weeks ago today at 12.35pm on Friday 12 September, 2014 Is this what butterflies feels like? It had been so long since I’d experienced them that I had almost forgotten what they felt like. Almost. I knew as I sat listening (ok semi-listening) to the flight attendant’s safety spiel, […]

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