JB has a girl friend. And Im not breaking any confidentiality laws by speaking it out loud - because he already announced it to all and sundry on Face Book. (and because he doesnt read my blog cos he says its boring...and only for old people. All you 'boring old'readers of this blog can get… Continue reading Girls are Evil.
Author: Lani Young
Lani Young is an international bestselling author of YA fantasy, contemporary romance and literary fiction. The 2018 Pacific Laureate, her work is inspired by the diverse mythology of Oceania and the richness of her cultural heritage as a Samoan / Maori woman.
It’s gotta hurt.
Like a kick in the butt...JB was a BAD boy and got put on detention yesterday at his high school. He had chosen to turn his nose up at wearing the regulated black school shoes and instead he wore some other pair of sloppy footwear. "Everybody else does it!" he whined.But some dutiful prefect busted… Continue reading It’s gotta hurt.
Rejected. By a Sandwich.
If you love me, if you have a shred of loyalty to me, if you ever at any time – smiled upon me with favor and friendship. Then you will never eat a sandwich from Subway again. That’s right. I am calling for all my eager avid readers ( all three of you) to stage… Continue reading Rejected. By a Sandwich.
Get Naked… Or not.
There's one thing I really admire about people who are not brown. (ie. white people. ie. People who didnt grow up in the same country I did.) Their ability to wear swimsuits. Regardless of their age, size, shape or bountifulness. MOST people who grew up in the same country I did, wouldnt be caught dead in a… Continue reading Get Naked… Or not.
My Father’s Heart
Tomorrow my father's chest will be sliced open. His chest bone will be sawed apart with a very loud drilling machine. He will be hooked up to a heart and lung machine that will live for him for the three to five hours that it takes for the surgeons to sew four 'new' veins to… Continue reading My Father’s Heart
Who’s in Control?
Now why is it, that all the ads for control top underwear feature SKINNY women who dont have a jelly-belly?! Control top underwear. It’s a woman’s dirty little secret. Well – not deathly skinny, trim and toned women. But I bet MOST women who have had their abdominal wall unwillingly pushed out beyond belief as… Continue reading Who’s in Control?
He introduced me to Joy
My son went on a Youth camp to the Coromandel Peninsula in the weekend. After i dropped him off at the chapel, I drove my car around the corner and burst into tears. And even tho he'd only just left, I missed him desperately. And for the duration of his camp, i texted him, called.… Continue reading He introduced me to Joy
The OTHER Woman
My husband is having an affair. Thats right, he is seeing another woman.She's so beautiful that my son wants to take pictures of her. And put them on Facebook. She's so beautiful that my children all want to be seen with her. They wheedle and plead, Can you take us to school with her? Can… Continue reading The OTHER Woman
Life’s Meaningful Questions.
Why am I here? Where have I come from? Where am I going?I have officially been resident here in NZ for 7 weeks now. And Im getting a little homesick. So when i stumbled across this complaint i had written a few years back, I knew I had found the perfect antidote for Samoa Homesickness!… Continue reading Life’s Meaningful Questions.
Is He Man Enough?
'Somewhere out there…someones saying a prayer…that we’ll find one another..in that big somewhere out there.' ( Name that song! Name that movie!) Tomorrow is me and HRH's 17th wedding anniversary. In honor of that, Im re-running this blog post.I have three daughters. Somewhere out there right now – a mother,or a father or both-is raising… Continue reading Is He Man Enough?
Lani Wendt Young 