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...

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...

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...

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...

The lockdown in NSW during the first half of 2020 was a strange and unprecedented time for a lot of people. Many of us found ourselves...

For many weeks after Ben’s death we didn’t, couldn’t, turn on the television. Why? Because nothing else that was going on in the world...

On Monday, 16 December 2019 I flew to Melbourne for a surprise visit with my brother and his family. That day was my nephew, Nick’s 33rd...