A Project Driven Life
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It’s late and we’re exhausted. It has not been a good week (John was attacked by a horrid dog, & it has been really awful at the hospital). But one of the bright spots in our months is the day we make our student loan repayment. Today was no different!
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You know, it took years of marriage to truly appreciate our individual contributions to the Chatterjee-Woolman family unit. John, for example, is a Nurturer. He finds it fulfilling to care for people he loves. To raise them up. A slow, laid-back yet hardworking life; a signature quiet strength. Me? I am a Hunter. I love…
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HELLO!! Welcome to our website! We are building it a little at a time as life hurtles on. It’s a work in progress and we can’t wait to keep adding- like a fixer-upper house, I suppose.
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Our journey through the world of adoption.Exclusive to our email subscribers. Want to find out more?
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A 10yr photo challenge with a twist! Well, more like a six-and-a-bit year photo challenge. Pre-2013 we totally loved Dolmio pasta sauces. Yes, it was out of a jar and hence processed food. But we were crazy busy & it was delicious as well as quick. Also we didn’t really agree that homegrown is tastier.…
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Clinic, weeks ago. A Doctor encouraging her patient to return to a life he enjoyed. (We will call him Michael). Face all lit up as the Doctor painted a beautiful alternative. It was a touching sight. A few days later I saw Michael on the ward for a routine procedure. I sat next to him to chat some more. He…
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“The great enemy of communication, we find, is the illusion of it.” –W.H. Whyte. My parents, happily married, dreamt of a future together. But after witnessing many heartbreaks I realised that they had very different ideas about the work-life balance needed to build that future. Decades later, I now hear my friends describing the same differences: “I didn’t know he would be gone this often”,…
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Dining table, cups of tea gone cold, and lots of financial calculations. We were checking through our budget. “You will hate this, but we can’t buy them anything. Just no room.” I heard John say as I started at the calculator. We have found ourselves managing a very different mature student life than the one planned…
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“Djuknow what we need to focus more on?” John asked. “Hmm?” I looked up from my book, quite curious. “Cook from scratch as many weekday evenings as possible”, said John thumbing through a thoughtful Xmas gift. (I hate housework, and this idea sounded like more housework to me!) But we do cook from scratch, I protested. We…
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“Have you ever cured anyone?” I was thumbing through medical notes with my Consultant Psychiatrist (CP) one afternoon, having seen a few too many patients who were perpetually in Mental Health Services. I felt I had no talent for it and out came the question. My CP replied in an affably egalitarian manner, asking me if I had ever seen an Endocrinologist cure diabetes. Psychiatrists,…
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