Brendan L
My dad worked in the same factory job for nearly 40 years. He worked 10 hour days, catching the train or running from Manurewa…
Read MoreMy dad worked in the same factory job for nearly 40 years. He worked 10 hour days, catching the train or running from Manurewa…
Read More2/2 Then in Year 13, I made new friends who introduced me to God, and started me on a faith journey. God became so…
Read More1/2 My dad left when I was around five years old, closing the businesses both he and my mum owned. This left my mum…
Read MoreI thought my life was over at 19. I was hospitalised after falling on some concrete and developing a massive strep infection in my…
Read MoreMy son’s name in Samoan means “new hope”. I had him when I was 20. At that time my mum was married to a…
Read MoreI never had a full appreciation of my mum growing up. The way she made sure we were safe and had the necessities, sacrificing…
Read MoreI had applied for 136 jobs from July to December 2007 when I saw job number 137 advertised in the paper. I was at…
Read MoreAs a child I wanted to become a radio personality. I would sit talking to a computer, pretending I was in a radio studio….
Read More2/2 Within a week of completing the course I felt emotion. I remember feeling all warm when I saw my nephew and realised that…
Read More1/2 I was 18 when I was diagnosed with depression. I had no idea what was going on with me. I was a mess….
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