Taboo Topics : Brett Fish

Taboo Topics: Parents of young children – Meet Terran and Julie [and their 5!]

My friends Terran and Julie Williams were going about life with their three delightful children, sharing regular stories of funny statements and learnt lessons and chaotic moments, when suddenly the news of a 4th child on the way... and then further news that their 4th was a set of twins... If you think three young children is hard, try to get your head around five! Terran shared this piece on Facebook yesterday and gave me [...]

By brettfish|2015-07-27T15:31:11+02:00July 27th, 2015|family, pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|12 Comments

Happy Birthday Americans with Disabilities Act

A while back, under the Taboo Topics section of my blog i invited a group of friends to share some stories they are living with regards to disability. This week i was asked if i could share this post highlighting some of what has been taking place in Americaland with regards to people with disabilities as well as some opportunities in which you can get involved. This guest post comes courtesy of Janessa Dayan, Cause Outreach [...]

By brettfish|2015-07-16T16:33:00+02:00July 16th, 2015|change the world, inspire-ations, Taboo Topics|0 Comments

Taboo Topic: Marriage Counselling – part Intro

I have often said that ‘Being Married to the Right Person’ is one of the best things in the World’ and I hold by that. Not the easiest though. Or the most comfortable necessarily. A large percentage of the people I know who have gotten married typically go through some kind of marriage counselling or preparation before the wedding day happens. Dealing with conflict and putting a budget together and decision-making and things like that. [...]

By brettfish|2015-06-10T20:55:50+02:00June 10th, 2015|marriage, relationships, Taboo Topics|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Vegetarianism – Meet Lameez Omarjee

I used to be a vegetarian Back in 2013, I decided to become a vegetarian. I followed a meat-free diet for a solid year. I didn’t stick to it because I never had a good reason for becoming a vegetarian in the first place. There were circumstances that lead me to the decision, but none of them were strong convictions. 1. It was my fourth year in res and I was tired of figuring out [...]

By brettfish|2015-06-09T07:54:53+02:00June 9th, 2015|Food and foodlike things, Taboo Topics, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Vegetarianism – Meet Mary Twin Enslin

10 things vegetarians are sick of hearing / your vegetarian friends want you to know I became a vegetarian on my ninth birthday. This usually elicits shock and the assumption that I am vegetarian because of my family / culture / religious beliefs. But, no – I was just a child who was interested in where my food came from and when I knew the facts eating meat (read meat, fish, poultry) didn’t make sense [...]

By brettfish|2015-06-08T02:41:37+02:00June 8th, 2015|challenging thorts, friends and enemas, pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|0 Comments

Do the Different need a Disclaimer?

This morning i went to a prayer meeting i used to regularly attend when we lived in Oakland a year ago. This other couple arrived just behind us and so i turned around and greeted them, shook his hand and as i went to greet her i assume i must have put out my hand, and so she put out her hand and i wasn't even properly looking and so it must have been my extremely [...]

By brettfish|2015-06-05T20:58:06+02:00June 5th, 2015|activities, challenging thorts, Taboo Topics, things to wrestle with, tricky things|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Vegetarianism – Meet Amy Benn

My journey into vegetarianism started how I imagine it did for many other people. I sat (in my case in my school’s hall) watching a documentary on chicken farming. I was horrified. I had always suspected that this sort of this was happening to the animals we eat but I had never seen it first-hand. After watching this movie I went home and told my already over-worked parents that I was now a vegetarian. They [...]

By brettfish|2015-06-05T11:18:52+02:00June 5th, 2015|Food and foodlike things, Taboo Topics, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Vegetarianism – Meet Abi Ornellis

Why I’m [kind of, mostly] a vegetarian. Let me start off by saying that I like eating animals. In my early university days, I probably ate a bacon sandwich at least four times a week. This was on top of my regular meat-with-every-meal intake. I come from an Italian family. Growing up in South Africa, these two cultural combinations meant that meat was always very high on the meal priority list. But it has been [...]

By brettfish|2015-06-04T19:42:40+02:00June 4th, 2015|change the world, Taboo Topics, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Vegetarianism – Meet S’thabiso Khuluse

My Facebook friend S'thabiso gives this topic a little bit of a different spin as she addresses: 5 questions you ask guaranteed to break the peace with any 'black' vegetarian‏ If you have prior to reading this asked any of the below please kindly proceed to the nearest tree and hug it tightly and ask Zeus to advocate on your behalf for mother nature to forgive you - repeat this three times whiles doing a [...]

By brettfish|2015-06-03T20:05:58+02:00June 3rd, 2015|friends and enemas, pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|1 Comment

Taboo Topics: Vegetarianism – Meet Bryan Hash

I was always taught to show love to animals, dogs, cats, cows, pigs, horses, etc. But never was I really challenged to think about the meat that was lying in front of me to eat. Meat was different than those cute animals we would see in someone’s yard or pasture. Or at least I thought. I made the decision to switch to being a vegetarian 12 years ago. Being born and raised in Texas it [...]

By brettfish|2015-06-03T03:49:51+02:00June 3rd, 2015|and other animals., Food and foodlike things, Taboo Topics, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|0 Comments