Monday, July 15, 2019

Eleven years, and signing off

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Here we are ... 11 years since I (Chris) was in the USA and Ben told me lightheartedly in an email that the little lump on his leg might be...
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Wednesday, April 3, 2019

In Memory of Edward (Ned) Isham 19/05/2012-29/03/2019

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From 6/10/2014: The Leukaemia Foundation’s Light the Night events happen in states around Australia every year. Shine a gold lantern t...
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Friday, March 22, 2019

10-year memories of Ben-Jill's speech at Ben's anniversary party

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Memories of Ben, Beno—so many… Visiting the Mercy Maternity Hospital 24th August 1985. Ben the small baby at Bible study each week, ...
Thursday, February 7, 2019

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Ben ... day 1. It seems like it’s almost time to wrap up Ben’s blog … as long as people know that it doesn’t mean we’re ‘wrapping up’ Be...
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Wednesday, December 19, 2018

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At Ben's 10th anniversary get together this month, Lindy asked Ben's good friend Jonty to jot down some thoughts of 10 years ago. J...
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Monday, August 27, 2018

A random blog because it's nearly 10 years and just because these are smile-worthy

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I was thinking of Ben last night at home group actually, about how he sewed a button on my duffle coat for me before I went overseas in 200...
Friday, August 24, 2018

Happy birthday ... again

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You’re 33 Ben and we remember you running, jumping, riding, leaping, skiing, skating, surfing, swimming, laughing. As always, we reme...
Friday, December 8, 2017

Dear Ben ...

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Hi Ben, It's nine years today, so I'm just checking in—I feel like it’s been awhile since we last saw you. Funny about that. Da...
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Friday, August 18, 2017

August 24 2017 ... Happy 32nd birthday

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Looking through photos (again) in order to compile a photo wall at home, I was reminded of Ben’s affinity with animals of all sizes—...
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Nearly 32

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From Jill ... Nearly 32 Ben. I so wish that I could have the conversations that are going around in my head with you face-to-face. I am j...
Friday, December 2, 2016

December the 8th: another year rolls by

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You and your fun, laughter, energy, continue with us in so many ways. Eight years is ridiculous. Never ever fo...
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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

I remember ...

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a dark eyed boy who looked straight at you a toddler who never stopped and then slept when his head hit the pillow random acts of toddler...
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Gone 7 years today—A reflection on the cancer journey

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A brief re-glimpse of the cancer months. Sometime in early May 2008, a small lump appeared on Ben’s leg. The small lump grew until it ...
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Tuesday, November 24, 2015

20 years the difference and unchanged taste

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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Facebooked memories from Elisa

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"Today I was remembering with my Mum what you were like Ben. You were always such a sticky-beak (‘chusma’), wanting to know everythi...
Monday, August 24, 2015

Happy Birthday!

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You left us wishing you’d hung around for a while longer. Thanks for it all—the good times, the laughs, the pain and the tears. And in...
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Friday, July 31, 2015

Waking up in an 'after'

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Ben was the oldest of five boys. He was often with one, two, three or even four of his brothers. These five brothers, growing up t...
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Sunday, May 24, 2015

One small life ...

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‘One small life’ is a phrase that runs through my mind as I look through photos of Ben, wishing and hoping, that I will miraculously find a ...
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Monday, April 27, 2015

Loving life

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Loving life to the full is how we remember you mostly. [Click the picture to catch the smile.] Still missing you, still waiting with...
Thursday, March 5, 2015

Authenticity

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The following thoughts were inspired by this photo of Ben and Matt, which Pete put on the last page of a book he compiled for us for Chri...
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Monday, February 2, 2015

Not moving away

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A friend sent us these thoughts in 2014: I want to try to explain what ‘moving on’ means for me. I don’t see life as a straight-line pro...
Monday, January 12, 2015

Nine Tips for a Happy Life

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We have just returned from another Theos beach mission in Mallacoota, run by Scripture Union Victoria. Chris does nine talks to the team...
Monday, December 8, 2014

Six years

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A friend wrote an email to us yesterday, knowing that the 8th of December was only a couple of days away. Yesterday, I 'saw...
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Thursday, December 4, 2014

From Meaghan's Private Collection

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This is from Meaghan’s Private Collection and it echoes what the blog is about really—memories and reminders and reminiscing. Carlton is a...
Monday, November 3, 2014

A cheering email

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We received the following email last week and the sender was pleased to have it put on the blog. It is no small comfort that Ben still ...
Monday, October 6, 2014

Carrying a lantern

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The Leukaemia Foundation’s Light the Night events happen in states around Australia every year. Shine a gold lantern to remember a lo...
Wednesday, September 3, 2014

No, never

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We missed seeing Ben’s lively laughing birthday crowd this year. When a friend asked me if we’d ‘moved on’ and if that was why we didn’t ...
Sunday, August 24, 2014

Happy 29th birthday Ben

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We had a laugh with you today, in your absence but with a sense of your presence too. Hope you're giving them heaps up there.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Floating

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I see myself with elongated arms, like a stretchy Gumby doll, thinner and thinner, trying to reach back to the past to when I could feel Ben...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

The final slide

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This photo of Ben stares out at me across the loungeroom and into the kitchen. I wonder what he would be saying and I found this ...
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Saturday, April 26, 2014

A Memory of Ben from Gumpa

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Whilst memories of Ben remain very much part of our daily lives, (Wilga and I offer a little prayer each morning and night), last week a sp...
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Friday, April 18, 2014

Passing this way but once

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A year or so ago, I spent a day with a woman, who I will call Sue, whose daughter had recently died from a brain tumour. Yesterday, in the...
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Tuesday, March 18, 2014

More from the private files of Meaghan

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Ben was good at working with spaces. One of the awkward spaces at our Rathdowne Street flat almost beat Ben. There was a hole in the kit...
Sunday, March 2, 2014

Imagining...all the boys at the wedding

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We knew he should have been there so we Photoshopped him in.
Thursday, February 20, 2014

More wedding bells

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So we had another beautiful wedding in our family. This time Pete married charming Chermaine. It was a lovely day of celebration, love ...
Wednesday, January 22, 2014

Moving house, moving on and going back

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Leaving Finlayson Street, Doncaster means leaving our last memories of Ben as a 23-year-old. But returning to Box Hill South is ret...
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Sunday, December 8, 2013

What would you being doing now? Five long years today...

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Monday, December 2, 2013

Hightop homage

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From the private files of Meaghan—used with permission At the intersection of Drummond and Pelham streets in Carlton, there is a roundabou...
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Thursday, October 24, 2013

A blast (or jump) from the past: Ben at Mallcoota Theos earlier this century

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Sunday, September 15, 2013

Come on. Hurry up!

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Musings received from a friend who is a nurse: I like Alice's idea   that "maybe he is here rallying us to do ...
Sunday, August 25, 2013

Happy Birthday Ben (again)

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It was Ben’s birthday on Saturday-24th August, he would have turned 28. We had plenty of Ben's friends and family over to celebrate ag...
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Monday, August 5, 2013

Again (again)

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We were at a party the other day and The Proclaimers’ "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" was pumped out by the proficient and enjoyab...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Practical advice for well-wishers

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I feel mortified when I think of the ‘helpful’ things I have said—albeit well intentioned—to people over the years. I know from being a ...
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Sunday, June 2, 2013

Whatever (again)

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Steve Curtis Chapman's song 'Whatever' has been thumping around in my head and I looked back at the blog entry about it in 2010...
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Truly, madly, deeply

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Tim and Olivia’s wedding was a beautiful and significant occasion where although Ben was physically absent, he seemed to be with us. O...
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Wednesday, April 24, 2013

More remembering

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A friend of Ben’s sent us this message a few weeks ago: Yesterday I worked on the bone marrow transplant ward and was taking care of a gi...
Monday, April 1, 2013

Living in the fast lane

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Matt and I with Tim and Olivia, were in a multi-storey Wilson car park in the city the other day after having seen Gladys play in a concert...
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