by Gill Kenny | Dec 9, 2019 | Music, Peace, Singing, Soul
Ave Maria Yesterday I sang with my church choir for the first time in a long while and it felt good. I had forgotten how uplifting it is to sing beautiful songs in unison with others. I’ve sang with many choirs over the years, starting with a school choir in...
by Gill Kenny | Dec 2, 2019 | Man, Men's mental health, Mental health, Mental health awareness
Last week, I completed a Mental Health First Aid course here in Perth and it was a real eye opener. I had no idea that as many as 45% of Australians were found to have suffered a mental illness in their lifetime and one in five said they had experienced some form of...
by Gill Kenny | Nov 25, 2019 | Anger, Change, Peer acceptance, Teenagers
The other night my son went to get an ice cream from the freezer in the garage. I figured it was best to keep such treats as far from reach as possible. I only found out about this when my husband went to fetch a screwdriver the next morning. He found the freezer door...
by Gill Kenny | Nov 18, 2019 | Love, Parenting, Respect, Social media
We live in a time when information is easily available to us, we therefore cannot but notice what is happening in the world. From climate change to human trafficking and large-scale wars to inequality, we are bombarded by proof of man’s greed. It doesn’t surprise me...
by Gill Kenny | Nov 11, 2019 | Christmas, Truth
Christmas shopping is crackers I just got back from a quick trip to the shops to get some essentials for dinner. I came home with a tightness in my stomach that I hadn’t bargained for. My entire being went into sensory overload as I entered my local supermarket to be...