The Things We Keep - Part 1
It is said that a movie is written three times. Once when the screenplay is first conceived of, and committed to paper (although there...
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Geoff Cordner
Jul 8, 202222 min
MUSIC To My Ears
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...
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Feb 23, 202210 min
A Man's Best Friend
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...
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Jan 10, 202212 min
A House is Just a House
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...
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Nov 22, 20217 min
The Other End of the Rainbow
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...
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Oct 3, 20215 min
Beyond the Yellowbrick Road
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...
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Aug 10, 20216 min
Getting the Message
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...
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Jul 16, 20216 min
We Happy Few, We Band of Brothers
In early April 2019 Ben’s soccer team, Epping FC, played its first game of the new season in the Gladesville Hornsby Football Association...
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Mar 25, 20215 min
To 2020, and Beyond
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...
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Nov 11, 20206 min
Flame Trees
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...
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Aug 7, 20203 min
After Life
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...
Geoff Cordner
Jul 20, 20208 min
An Abundance of Love
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...
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