by Stephanie Dale | Sep 30, 2023 | Ageing, Motherline, Slow Burn Exile, Un/silencing, Wellbeing-through-writing
A while back I was invited to attend a friend’s family celebration. It was her mother’s 90th birthday. Many generations were settled into a round of couches on a large, open verandah as cake was shared around. I was sitting beside my friend, on the other side of the...
by Stephanie Dale | Sep 23, 2023 | Ageing, Motherline, Slow Burn Exile, Un/silencing, Wellbeing-through-writing
I know why old people tell repetitive stories, over and over, to people they know have heard them before and are not interested in hearing them again. I learned this from my mother, who told repetitive family stories, over and over to a daughter she knew had heard...
