Brett Anderson, Author at Brett Fish

Taboo Topics: Dealing with the grief of losing someone you love – Meet Dimakatso Lukhele

This is a post Dimakatso posted on the Education Ambassador's blog which you can find over here, but she gave me permission to post it in this section as well, sharing the story of someone who lost a best friend in Claire: The 7th of April is fast approaching and I’m already feeling a wave of emotions that sometimes cannot be adequately explained. When I feel like this, I know prayer helps and another remedy would be [...]

By brettfish|2015-03-30T06:45:27+02:00March 30th, 2015|friends and enemas, pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|0 Comments

The Parent Tip [aka Some ideas that might help you raise your child]: With Melissa Hertz

These are some ideas that Melissa Hertz shared on her blog which you can find over here that she graciously allowed me to reblog for this series: Motherhood has stretched me… stretched my skin, my womb, my patience and the way I think. Motherhood has made me grow and I have learned a few lessons along the way. Here are my most valuable lessons so far. 1. I have learned that every child is completely unique. Unfortunately [...]

By brettfish|2015-03-29T23:13:27+02:00March 29th, 2015|family, heroes or heroic moments, inspire-ations|0 Comments

Chasing LOL – part II

You know how this works. We write LOL, but we barely ever really mean it... but Jack Handey is one of the guys who i know have made people LOL best and for real... so take a look at these offerings and see if any of them do it for you: 'It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.' [Jack Handey] 'I guess of all [...]

By brettfish|2015-03-29T21:59:41+02:00March 29th, 2015|and other animals., humour'ish, silly things|0 Comments

to them who have ears

to the ones who feel like they're constantly defending please won't you stop for a second and help me on this shine some clarity on the situation because i really don't understand what it is about this that makes you not want to listen please help me recognise what it is that keeps you from engaging in this conversation as if taking some time to lend me your ears will result in a group of [...]

By brettfish|2015-03-28T04:46:33+02:00March 28th, 2015|activities, inspire-ations, poems and other creativity|7 Comments

a response to my poem ‘i not me’

My friend Avuyile, wrote a response to my poem, 'i not me', that i posted earlier today and i felt that it deserved it's own space here on the blog and Avuyile gave me permission. i hope each one of us will take time to really listen to these words... I am meek, for in my meekness I am forced to tolerate you imposing your ideas into my system. I suffer in silence for my [...]

By brettfish|2015-03-27T06:23:29+02:00March 27th, 2015|inspire-ations, poems and other creativity, thorts of other people|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Singleness – Meet Phil Barlow

I'm single and I love it! Sometimes... Sometimes not so much. Valentine's day has just been and gone and, while it's not an occasion that I've ever taken very seriously, it does bring one's singleness to the forefront of one's mind. I was walking through the shops last Friday (the day before Valentine’s) and saw all the people selling roses and stuff like that. There was a part of me that just wanted to buy [...]

By brettfish|2015-02-25T20:18:29+02:00February 25th, 2015|relationships, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|5 Comments

Taboo Topics: Singleness – Meet Lynley Pillay

I am a 37 years old single guy. I would point out that I have tried not to be single a few times…. I have had my fair share of relationships in life. I was engaged once too. So technically speaking I am disengaged now (see what I did there) ha ha ha. Before I get into the meaning of things in life for me, I would like to share a bit about me. I [...]

By brettfish|2015-02-18T23:06:58+02:00February 18th, 2015|relationships, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|6 Comments

Taboo Topics: Addiction – From the mother of an addict

I have a son who is an addict. My beautiful blue eyed child who has so much within him to offer this world through his love and compassion and wacky sense of humour. Probably the hardest thing about addiction for family members is being open and honest with those around you. People are so quick to judge, point fingers and give advice. You are judged on so many levels as a parent as to not [...]

By brettfish|2015-02-03T06:21:21+02:00February 3rd, 2015|pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|4 Comments

the breast of intentions: a response to the #ChristianCleavage tag

In the last day of so, i have seen the phrase and hashtag, "Christian Cleavage" showing up all over the internet and so, being a curious guy, went to take a look at what my extended family is up to this time. Turns out it all started [was re-ignited?] when an apparently prominent Christian blogger, Jarrid Wilson, wrote a blog post titled, 'The Problem with Christian Cleavage' that apparently caused so much controversy and mayhem [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-28T23:58:05+02:00January 28th, 2015|challenging thorts, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people, Uncategorized, what i am reading|61 Comments

Taboo Topics: Sex and Porn Addiction [an anonymous guest post]

So typically i prefer TABOO TOPIC posts to have a face and a name to help make the issues being discussed more 'real person' to other people going through them. But i am going to make an exception in this case as it is a friend who i know sharing the story and the nature of the story is needing some protection from family and friends... but i hope this will be an encouragement and [...]