Without realising it, that lonely decade became a slow reclamation. Free of obligation to anyone but myself. My time as a single woman was crucial to discovering who I really am.

PUBLISHED IN SBS VOICES, APRIL 2021

Mum tells me of how she flew to Melbourne from Adelaide just to see me for five minutes before I flew away. All these years later, I still grapple with what it means for my sense of home and identity.

PUBLISHED IN SBS VOICES, 20 OCTOBER 2020