by Margie | Feb 28, 2014 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
As I awoke this morning I remembered it was my brother Peter’s birthday. He would have been 35 today. The last time I spoke to him was on his 31st birthday… four years ago today. I remember trying to call him. I was at home in Virginia. He was in a psychiatric...
by Margie | Jul 17, 2013 | Build Resilience
I’ve just returned from two weeks travelling through Vietnam and Cambodia (with Intrepid Travel) with my family (Click here for my favorite travel snaps). In between lots of wonderful family fun and adventurous ‘firsts’ (“Crispy fried crickets anyone?”), I had...
by Margie | Sep 27, 2011 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
This last Sunday I attended the funeral of the father of my dear friend Ellie. It was a beautiful funeral. Very sad, but incredibly beautiful. During the funeral service numerous people got up to speak about the life of Seyed Ahmad Kalantar, a man I had only met once...
by Margie | Mar 1, 2011 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately
As I woke this morning the first thought that drifted into my head was that today is my brother Peter’s birthday. And then it hit me that it was a year ago today that I last spoke to him. Pete was in a psychiatric hospital. On his 31st birthday. In Sydney. I...
by Margie | Apr 19, 2010 | Build Resilience, Live Passionately, Speak Bravely
Forgive me if this post is a little raw. Life has been raw for me these last couple weeks. My youngest brother Peter (above, with my kids) died just over two weeks ago and I’ve been living life at its rawest ever since. Pete, who was 31, suffered from...
