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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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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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Irresistibly cute!

Posted on June 14, 2013 by Tracy Lundgren

My daughter and grandson are staying for a few days with us at the moment. Life is busy. My daughter arrived looking like she was moving back home carrying in armfuls of toys, prams,bags and more bags, cots, more toys… … Continue reading →

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The antisocial network.

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Tracy Lundgren

I resisted creating a facebook account for years, sick of hearing facebook this and facebook that…and having people ask me “How come you’re not on facebook?”. It was like some sort of cult….some mass following, and I usually resist these … Continue reading →

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Getting reaquainted with….babies.

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Tracy Lundgren

My daughter and grandson came to visit and stayed the night. That still feels so weird saying that -“grandson” but I’m slowly easing my way into the whole nannahood thing. Unlike parenthood, which simply smacks you in the face – … Continue reading →

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Love, bubbles and granny knickers.

Posted on February 24, 2013 by Tracy Lundgren

So my daughter had her baby. All went well. I tell you what though I was doing some mental pacing the whole day waiting to hear that he’d arrived. So now she has the “knowing”. Initiated into the clan of … Continue reading →

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Hearts wide open.

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Tracy Lundgren

Today marks a special day. My eldest daughter has reached a quarter of a century! Hell that makes me feel old. I love this pic of her… I still remember that first morning alone with her as a newborn. Quiet … Continue reading →

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Sprung!

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Tracy Lundgren

Yesterday I faced a parenting dilemma. See, I don’t let my kids just roam the streets, I need to know where they’re going, who they’re with, the address of their friends place they’ll be at. In fact I’d like to … Continue reading →

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