It’s 5.30pm on Thursday at the Davis-Bowles home — any family’s busiest time when they have young children. Meet Felicity and Melissa's Foster Care Family.
Felicity picked up Mia from after-school care and Liana from childcare on her way home from work while Melissa cooked up a delicious aromatic curry for the family.
Foster carers are single, married or in a de-facto relationship, renting or owning a home, working full-time, part-time or even not working. With or without children, young or old.
Whatever their background, what all foster carers have in common is an ability and a desire to provide safe, nurturing homes that can make a huge difference to a vulnerable child's life.
Foster care requires flexibility, commitment, patience and, yes, some hard work. It can be challenging, but it's also extremely rewarding.
As a foster parent, you can make an important difference to a child's life at a tim…
We all fall over; it’s OK. Let it go. There were three pages left blank on my FUSE layout with only a few days to go before my editorial deadline — they were labelled ‘Alex to write a spiritual article’. I’ve been struggling and kept telling myself, “How can I possibly share any wisdom when I’ve fallen over again”. So, the pages remained blank. What could I possibly share?
In a move for greater inclusivity, Dictionary.com have announced that they will now be using gender-neutral terms like“they” or “their” instead of “he or she” or “his or her” in entries where there’s no reason to be specific about gender, or where the language can be streamlined. In some cases, pronouns will be omitted altogether if they’re unnecessary.
BREAKING NEWS: Equality Tasmania is deeply disappointed the State Government has failed to fulfil its promise to table a ban on conversion practices before the end of the parliamentary year.
Tennessee Pastor Greg Locke recently went into a holy frenzy while preaching to his congregation at the Global Vision Bible Church as he smashed up a Barbie Dream House on stage with a Bible taped to a baseball bat (yep).
Our essential movie list to watch this Summer! Saltburn, A Brideshead Revisited meets The Talented Mr Ripley tale. Maestro,A fusion of music, marriage and bisexuality. Poor Things, a Frankenstein-like black-comic horror and our favourite All Of Us Strangers, a mysterious, beautiful and sentimental.
Girls Rock! Canberra is a community arts organisation working to increase the participation of young people of marginalised gender identities in music.
On Saturday, 2 March, Ovolo Woolloomooloo will be rolling out the rainbow carpet in celebration of Mardi Gras, hosting the ultimate brunch with partners Virgin Australia, Lululemon and Absolut Vodka, alongside ice plunge sessions, prize giveaways and goodie bags for guests who stay.
Ovolo will be putting on a morning to be remembered in Alibi Bar and Dining with a brunch filled with delectable bites, fabulous cocktails and entertainment from the infectiously fun DJ, Victoria Anthony as well as Rupaul’s Drag Race star, Hollywould Star, and Brisbane-based drag queen, The Thin Lizzi.
For those…
