The Hot Man got a dinner invite from a visiting steel supplier rep from NZ. "He invited my wife to come too," he said. Eavesdropper Bella jumped in, "Did he invite me too?" "No," I said. "Why would he? He doesnt even know you." I never get...
Read MoreThis is the second piece in the #OwnVoices series here on my blog where I invite Pasifika LGBTI friends and family from around the world to share their stories. The first article was from Phineas Hartson, a Samoan living in Australia. This interview takes us to American...
Read MoreI had wild n weird sugar withdrawal symptoms today. The shakes. Jittery hands and dizzy brain. Which surprised me because I've been so busy making yummy #eatClean meals that I havent had the time or stomach space to miss my sugar fixes of...
Read MoreI've been struggling with rubbish health issues over the last two years. Everything from killer anemia to a mutant uterus to inexplicable fatigue to photodermatitis to a foggy brain that cant seem to process stuff easily to being a bloated whale all the time to...
Read MoreI'm honored to have Phineas Hartson as a guest on this blog in the first of a new series of guest-posts from (what the palagi would call) our 'LGBTI' Pasifika community. This is an #OwnVoices series. I first 'met' Phineas via her powerful and honest writing online as...
Read MoreI recently developed sun poisoning, otherwise known as photodermatitis, meaning Im allergic to UV rays. (Maybe Im a vampire?) Which makes life in tropical sunny Samoa a bit tricky. It doesnt even have to be direct sunlight. I drive the kids to school in the...
Read MoreBella is devoted to insect repellent and refuses to leave the house without it. Today I found out why. - Because she wants to have a baby. (Don't worry if you cant see the connection. I couldn't see it either. We are only mere mortals...
Read MoreAs a mum of five, I know that parenting is often about being forever-tired, yelling at kids to do stuff and to move faster as we chase the clock - and then when the day ends, being riddled with guilt as you look back at...
Read MoreWe've been back home for two years now, after three years living in New Zealand, so I can confidently tell you what makes you a #BadMother. According to the Samoan estimation of Bad Motherness. Ironing. You dont iron your children's school uniforms and you dont make your...
Read MoreI got scammed. Well and truly conned. Because I was a derwit. Lazy. And prideful. I'm sharing my scam story in all its lazy prideful derwitness because I care about you my fabulous three readers, and if you live in Samoa, then you will be...
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