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

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

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 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 – Intro

i have a lot of good friends who are vegetarians. They are not a bunch of weirdos or hippies [as some non-vegetarians might presume] and for the most part if you met them as part of a group of people, you probably wouldn't be able to pick them out as vegetarians. They are normal people. Normal people who have made a very specific choice. i am not a vegetarian [at the time of writing this]. [...]

By brettfish|2015-06-01T16:19:04+02:00June 1st, 2015|Taboo Topics|21 Comments

Taboo Topics: Cancer – Meet Wendy and Xylon van Eyck

I don’t know about you but growing up I believed that old people and other people got cancer. My gran passed away from cancer when I was in my early teens. So I knew cancer existed. I just didn’t think that cancer would be part of the story of someone young, or of someone I love. I guess that’s the first thing I’ve learnt about cancer. It doesn’t discriminate. It will attack rich or poor, [...]

By brettfish|2015-05-19T09:37:44+02:00May 19th, 2015|pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Singleness – meet Angela Saint-Truth

Seriously Single I never imagined still being single at 26 years old. The plan I had for my life was so much different than how my story unfolded, from going to the movies with my friends to attending their weddings, all the while silently waiting for the day my turn arrives... (on the real, sometimes I have my SERIOUSLY THOUGH moments) While society tends to view being single as a problem you somehow need to fix [...]

By brettfish|2015-04-01T23:50:36+02:00April 1st, 2015|pain and Hope, relationships, Taboo Topics, 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: 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 [...]

By brettfish|2015-01-27T23:50:49+02:00January 27th, 2015|pain and Hope, Taboo Topics, things to wrestle with, thorts of other people|13 Comments