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Last time I was in Paris I’d hoped for a marriage proposal. It wasn’t to be
My now-husband, usually a fan of the predictable, later explained that he wasn’t going to do the clichéd proposal.
- by Jessica Rowe
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The worst part of being a grown-up is coming up with a family meal each evening
Food is glorious, but the cooking part has never been my strength.
- by Jessica Rowe
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Just like Kris Jenner, I’ve become my daughter’s ‘momager’
My eldest is pursuing her fashion dreams and recently signed with a modelling agency.
- by Jessica Rowe
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‘I loved books as a child. Never did I imagine that I would become a writer’
Though I was a journalist, I saw myself as sharing facts and information, never as a ‘serious’ author.
- by Jessica Rowe
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What I saw inside the Harry Styles mosh pit warmed my heart
Love, acceptance and celebration roar through the stadium. I get it, I see why he is so special to so many people.
- by Jessica Rowe
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Jessica Rowe: ‘The many lessons my daughters have taught me’
Why do we give teenage girls such a hard time? I’m learning the power of zipping it and listening to my daughters instead.
- by Jessica Rowe
Jessica Rowe: ‘I’d wrongly assumed that becoming pregnant would be easy’
We had a huge mortgage with a perfect baby room set aside, but suddenly there was a glitch in our plan: after two years of trying, my body was letting me down.
- by Jessica Rowe
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On my long road to motherhood, one place holds a roadmap to my heart
After another failed IVF attempt, I remember weeping into the ocean. Now, many years later, I smile seeing both of my daughters stride across the sand ahead of me.
- by Jessica Rowe
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Christmas will be different this year, but there are some silver linings
My Christmas wish is that you take a moment to reflect on how you’ve survived this year.
- by Jessica Rowe
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Can a crazy cat lady fall for a dog? Miracles can happen
It’s quite a turnaround to now be a dog owner. Even the cats are (sort of) coming around, with Violet giving Daphne “permission” to hang out with her.
- by Jessica Rowe
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What happens when you turn 50? Freedom, that's what
As I enter this bold new decade, I’ve discarded all the boxes I wasted way too much of my early life trying to fit into.
- by Jessica Rowe
Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/by/jessica-rowe-gqpyot