Yole L
My parents divorced when I was three years old, leaving my brother and I removed from our father and 8 other siblings for many…
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Teina
I never had a full appreciation of my mum growing up. The way she made sure we were safe and had the necessities, sacrificing…
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Val T
My Mum died when I was 10. She had a brain injury from playing rugby. The last thing she did with me was teach…
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Nikki P (3/3)
3/3 14 years later, all I see is love and lessons. It was hard love, but it taught me how to work hard and…
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Nikki P (2/3)
A few hours later he summoned us all to the table and said I was gonna have the baby under the following conditions: Mum…
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Nikki P (1/3)
1/3 In High School, I got pregnant. I was 18. I really wanted to be a mum, but hadn’t thought it all the way…
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Mellissa G (2/2)
2/2 Within a week of completing the course I felt emotion. I remember feeling all warm when I saw my nephew and realised that…
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Mellissa G (1/2)
1/2 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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Petia W
When my wife fell pregnant we were so excited. We had all of our families, people from church, and relatives from overseas in the…
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Rudolf L
We didn’t have much growing up but I can’t say anything bad about my childhood. My parents looked after us, taught us the power…
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