Ben Cordner first greeted the world on 16 October 1997, 34 years and 111 days after his Dad had done the same - the latter being a man...

The 2022 FIFA World Cup, exciting as it was in many respects, remains tinged with sadness for me. Not because it’s now over. And not...

It is said that a movie is written three times. Once when the screenplay is first conceived of, and committed to paper (although there...

There are some Beniverse stories that write themselves. Or at least, the time when they need to be shared reveals itself to me in a way...

I have recently enjoyed re-visiting a “journal” I kept during the “second honeymoon” that my wife, Linda, and I took in 2016. I have put...

How does a couple go on after the death of a child? Every such situation is completely and utterly unique, so I can only speak for our...

We no longer reside in West Ryde. After serving us so well it seemed the time had finally come for us to move on from our house in...

The period from late March through to early May 2020 was, on reflection, a watershed chapter in my life after Ben. Those of you who live...

Thursday, August 26 was just another day. But of course, in a pandemic, just another day is anything but. At 1.45pm that afternoon I...

For a person of exceptional intellect, Ben had a remarkable fondness for foul language. He openly admitted to us on a number of...

I have in my wardrobe a pair of socks bearing a picture of a hand with forefinger raised, and the words “Number One DAD” imprinted on...

In early April 2019 Ben’s soccer team, Epping FC, played its first game of the new season in the Gladesville Hornsby Football Association...

As regular readers will know, I have been for many years, and remain, extremely proud of both my sons – for many and varied reasons. ...

Back in 2009, within a month after the death of my nephew Daniel, I spotted on one of the Foxtel Movie Channels a film called Dan in Real...

Ordinarily I am at pains to avoid generalisations, particularly in the context of people I love, but the undeniable fact is that Ben...

One of the saddest aspects of Ben’s death – and there are many – is that we will never get to see what he might have done with all of the...

When someone dies, especially a young person, it is entirely to be expected that there will be an outpouring of emotion, and heartfelt...

In late February 2021 Linda and I set off on a road trip to Victoria, en route to a family wedding scheduled to take place in the Yarra...

I look back at the eight weeks or so following Ben’s 22nd birthday (October 16, 2019) as, without doubt, the most peaceful and positive...

(Though it may at first appear to be, this is not another story about cricket. It's a story about finding a way to do what needs to be...