Category Archives: Parenting

The mental writing of eulogies.

Posted on June 19, 2016 by Tracy Lundgren

  Last night- well, as late as 3 am I lay in bed mentally writing my 17 year sons eulogy. I imagined him dead in a ditch…car rolled down an embankment, sunk at the bottom of a cold cold lake, … Continue reading →

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The trauma of tea.

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Tracy Lundgren

Yesterday my 18 year old (Shai) was driving me potty, about tea. Of all things for a girl of her age to be in such angst about it is TEA. Not just your regular twinings tea though, no. She likes … Continue reading →

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I was here! (In Newcastle actually.)

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Tracy Lundgren

Yesterday I had to accompany Shai (my 18 year old) for her first day at TAFE where she has enrolled in a graphic design course. This may change though as she also applied for a fine arts course at Uni … Continue reading →

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Of life, love and marriage…

Posted on January 19, 2014 by Tracy Lundgren

Today, instead of talking about food (thank God they say!) I want to simply meander around through distant and sometimes murky puddles in my head. A little fill in…. My parents divorced when I was ten years old and my … Continue reading →

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Eleven kids!

Posted on January 3, 2014 by Tracy Lundgren

Recently, well last year sometime actually, I happened to make contact with an old friend from YEARS ago….when I was a different person. Young, and reckless, in a band….going off gigging to far away places, sleeping in the back of … Continue reading →

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Rites of passage – the handbag.

Posted on November 8, 2013 by Tracy Lundgren

(No, that’s not mine, it’s Wikipedias.) As a mother you realise when your daughter has made the transition from girl to woman not because she begins sporting bumps and curves in places where before there weren’t any. Not because she … Continue reading →

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Sketches by my daughter.

Posted on November 1, 2013 by Tracy Lundgren

Sometimes you just have to brag about your kids a bit hey. So today I’m having a brag. My seventeen year old, Shai, has been back at it with a pencil recently and I must say suddenly her talents have … Continue reading →

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NO. MORE. DYE!

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Tracy Lundgren

Ok…really, now I am DONE! RIT, you suck! But I suck too….because I decided to dye ONE more thing. I had this very vivid orange Indian table runner that was just too bright for my tastes. (Don’t know why I … Continue reading →

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Portrait photography.

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Tracy Lundgren

  So yes, I am a frustrated photographer at heart. I only know the basics, but now that I have glasses it’s making things a lot easier 🙂 Yesterday my daughter and her friend asked me to help them get … Continue reading →

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If the end of the world comes……

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Tracy Lundgren

You see this? (above) this is my life. Our son asks for a new toothbrush and my husband goes out and buys FIFTY toothbrushes. I kid you not, there are fifty brand new American dental society approved toothbrushes in that … Continue reading →

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