Hayley’s Assistance Dog Update.

Hi there. Let me start with a huge THANK YOU to all those who contributed to the GoFundMe page to help us afford a pup for Hayley. We were already looking but when we knew we would have the dollars we put a more serious effort in and have found and ordered a pup. The […]

How Is Hayley Going?

A 2022 Summary and Request For Help, Please? Started really well, actually. Hayley started High School. That’s right, Our baby started Year 7. She was loving it too, until she wasn’t. Background story time… We have suspected for a long time that Hayley was on the spectrum (Autism Spectrum Disorder – ASD) but received no […]

My 5 Year Story

Well here is My 5 Year Story and my 7 week update. (for anyone who has time for a read) May 2016: I hit the heaviest (99kg/218 pounds) and widest (waist 113cm/44.5 inches) I have ever been in my life. Partially, deliberately. I had written a short film called Not Yet about a guy who […]

The Summary of Hayley’s Journey After Cancer.

Well here we are in June 2020. 4 years ago in June 2016 my beautiful little girl Hayley (also know as Warrior Princess, Catgirl, Batgirl and 1 very amazing gentleman I know named Coombesy calls her his Hero) was diagnosed with Rhabdomyosarcoma. A fairly rare type of soft tissue cancer that presented itself as a […]

September Is Children’s Cancer Awareness Month.

Before reading be aware that this one has language, sadness, disturbing images and subject matter and the occasional angry rant. This still barely touches the tip of the iceberg. I haven’t blogged for a while, there really hasn’t been a lot of inspiration of late. That and I wasn’t sure if anyone wanted to hear […]

Not All Anniversaries Are Too Be Celebrated But Some Still Need A Drink.

Well I haven’t blogged for a while. I guess I got tired of the whinging and whining. So I apologise for doing that. I have about 4 or 5 started blogs. Some a couple of lines, some a couple of paragraphs. But the motivation left the building. This one is a bit about the last […]

The Amazingly Generous People Part Three.

You know how sometimes you plan to do something and then other things happen so you delay and delay until so many other things happen that you forget? Well I do. In fact, back on 26th January, 2017 I posted a blog called The Amazingly Generous People Part One. Then on 9th April, 2017 I […]

Hayley’s Port Is Gone.

I think I might be repeating myself too much but here I go again. 18th June 2016; Hayley take to Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne. 19th June 2016; The scans found something. 20th-23rd June 2016; Fasting, tests, fasting, scans, more tests, more scans, maybe an x-ray. 23rd June 2016; We are told that Hayley has cancer. […]

The Summary Of Hayley’s Journey

Here is a brief summary of Hayley’s journey that started in 2016 at just 6 years old. I love the last bit of this post the most. Saturday 18th June 2016:- Hayley taken to doctor then Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne to get her eye checked. Sunday 19th June 2016:- They found something and wanted to […]

The Next Chapter.

What did you do this week? Guess what I did. Photo screen capture from Hercules Returns starring David Argue as Brad McBain. My favourite film of all time. That’s right! I gave notice at my day job after five and a half years there and 25 out of the last 27 years in that industry. […]