Latest articles by Abby Crawford
Getting through lockdown 2.0
It’s always harder the second time around. It’s harder to draw the same positivity as the first time - and it’s easier to remember all the bad parts of last time.
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Keep dancing
From when I was a little girl right up until even today, visiting my grandparents was definitely one of the most highly anticipated and loved family events.
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The world is a battlefield. Fight, but without exception, choose kindness
As we continue with our extraordinary lives, I find that we all are experiencing unanticipated highs and lows through the social distancing restrictions.
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Slow down. The panic is coursing through all our veins
Slow down. The fear has us running in directions that we may never have thought we would be following.
Read MoreEnjoying the new decade
After the terrible year that was 2019 finally uttered its last hoorah just a few short months ago, I have been determined that this new decade would be everything that I hoped for.
Read MoreStay strong this new year
It can be hard to harness the joy of the new year when we are surrounded by such catastrophic climate change.
Read MoreThe Silly Season
It’s so hard to keep motivated towards the end of the year.
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It’s always about love
I lay awake for many nights imagining how I would react, trying to figure out what I’d do first.
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A new angle and element to grief
I remember the first time I was aware of death.
Read MoreHug your loved ones
How I have dreamt of having that person in my life, a partner, a lover, a soul mate there to catch me when I (and I do) fall. That person to pick you up, dust off your shattered dreams and pop you back on the path of happiness and hope. That person that tells you that there’s nothing to worry about, that whatever happens it will never be as bad as you think. That you can face it together. That they have, and always will, believe in you.
Read MoreSometimes life just happens
Sometimes life just happens. Life just happens, in spite of what you thought was going to happen or what you were thinking you were trying to achieve.
Read MoreShockwaves from spread sheet
It’s funny how things can hit you out of the blue.
Read MoreWe all have a voice. Or rather, we all have a right to have a voice.
There is a great strength in our differences
Read MoreIt will be worth it
It’s addictive. The excitement, the adrenalin running through your body, the lack of sleep … the dreams so vivid when you do finally collapse, that the line between consciousness and unconsciousness blurs. You’re no longer sure if what happened actually happened, or if you just thought it did. You’re so determined, so single minded, to get what you want …
Read MoreTime for a restart
And so it has begun. A new year. A new you. A fresh start. A chance to determine a path to those shiny goals, a chance to map and track your daily progress, a chance to be the person you were always meant to be. Are you excited? Are you feeling it? Are you ready? Well … neither am I.
Read More2016 was going to be ‘‘my year’‘.
And so it was … just like you thought it would be … Or maybe it wasn’t?
Read MoreI know you have one more celebration in you
So how did yours go? Was Santa kind to you – even if you were naughty AND nice throughout the year? Was your New Years Eve a celebration of all things wonderful that took place
Read MoreWhat Women Want
It's as much about keeping the romance up than going out constantly "pitching" for someone new.
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