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This Is Not An Art Blog. 20 Aug 2013 | 09:10 am
I really suck at any type of visual art activity. Not even kind of suck. I really suck. I’ve always sucked at it, and probably always will suck at it. Thinking in shape and texture hurts my head. I’m...
Permanent. 19 Aug 2013 | 03:33 am
Small children have very little idea of permanent; of circumstances being for ‘forever’. I guess I know that better than most people. And I guess my children have a greater concept of the idea that mo...
Money Banks. 16 Aug 2013 | 04:02 am
My daughter is obsessed with anything naturally occurring. Even if it is inanimate. The Bump is fascinated with the huge, ugly seed pods that fall from the Banksia tree in our backyard. She collects ...
Spiteful. 15 Aug 2013 | 10:43 am
If you went to high school in a small enough town, and you stay there- or return to there- until your children are old enough to attend school themselves, it’s logical that some of your children’s cla...
Being An Adult. 14 Aug 2013 | 05:24 am
I’m afraid at the moment, and it’s unpleasant. Fear feels like the heavy coldness of a vaccine pushing it’s way through your veins. But it begins in your stomach and works it’s way out through your ex...
Pining. 8 Aug 2013 | 03:33 am
My son checks in with me every few days as the house is packed up and plans for Melbourne are made. “Daddy can’t come back, can he?” And the answer is always the same. “No baby, I’m sorry, he can’t”...
Eating My Feelings. 7 Aug 2013 | 03:33 am
I eat my feelings, swallow my emotions in great big gulps. I sit on them to muffle their sharpness. Because it’s easier than dealing with them. I am breaking my mother‘s heart, moving so far away, a...
Backyard Graffiti. 5 Aug 2013 | 09:33 am
“Imma spark up a thought off every surface in this room, And just sit back and watch it all ablaze…” I will miss my lovely lush backyard. It’s a good thing we’re moving at the tail end of winter… ...
WorryWart. 2 Aug 2013 | 03:38 am
So much for things being normal, or boring. I try not to worry too much about the emotional mechanics of how things will work, or how different things will be, or my kids being forced (again) to cope...
Eep. 31 Jul 2013 | 07:34 am
Finding a house to rent in Melbourne turned out to be much easier than anticipated. Which is great, but also… well, it’s pushed my timeline forward by a least a week or two. After the filling out of ...