My fat finger was telling me to ditch the ring. But at what cost?

My fat finger was telling me to ditch the ring. But at what cost?

Cutting off my wedding ring felt perilous. But so far,my marriage has survived.

  • byMonica Dux

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Dad will love this photo,I thought. And then I remembered.

Dad will love this photo,I thought. And then I remembered.

Four years on,the pain of loss can still return with a jolt.

  • byMonica Dux
Voting? There’s a lot more to it than a democracy sausage

Voting? There’s a lot more to it than a democracy sausage

What hope is there when even the blokes handing out political pamphlets don’t know how our system works?

  • byMonica Dux
My new pair of jeans came with a denim etiquette bombshell

My new pair of jeans came with a denim etiquette bombshell

As I carried my precious new jeans home,the cleanest they’d be for a long,long time,I looked at the passing crowds with a new sense of terror.

  • byMonica Dux
Why a tiny handwritten letter sealed the deal with my husband

Why a tiny handwritten letter sealed the deal with my husband

I was ashamed of my handwriting,but a tiny letter managed to convey what was in my heart far more eloquently than any witty emails ever could.

  • byMonica Dux
How I grew up (not old) and learned to love those long-dreaded corns

How I grew up (not old) and learned to love those long-dreaded corns

Turns out,my podiatric battle wounds are actually badges of pride.

  • byMonica Dux
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I admit it,kids,I do have a favourite:a smart,bold cat named Leo
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Pets

I admit it,kids,I do have a favourite:a smart,bold cat named Leo

As a parent,I’m equally adoring,but things are different on the pet front.

  • byMonica Dux
My daughter refused to smile in photos. They were onto something

My daughter refused to smile in photos. They were onto something

The theory behind this was that not smiling makes you look smarter. And it was hard not to admire such intellectual ambition in a six-year-old.

  • byMonica Dux
The arts are not really newsworthy? You could say the same about sport

The arts are not really newsworthy? You could say the same about sport

It’s time we recognised that creative pursuits are newsworthy too.

  • byMonica Dux
It’s 3am,I will die one day,and even worse,I forgot to buy onions

It’s 3am,I will die one day,and even worse,I forgot to buy onions

Panic - both existential and practical - takes hold in the dead of night.

  • byMonica Dux
Why swimming is finally off my to-do list
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New Year

Why swimming is finally off my to-do list

I’ve at last accepted that I hate the feeling of water rushing into my nose and public pools are nothing more than bacterial soups.

  • byMonica Dux