Dear Huhana and Kāhu, I was about eight-years-old when I realised how shy I was, how badly I got stage fright, and that I could never, ever, ever rap in front of a crowd. My legs were only a bit bigger than yours are now when I ran from my primary school library crying. I was […]
Category Archives: Letters worth sharing
What if your failure is really your success?
Dear Huhana & Kāhu o te Rangi, Have you failed yet? Didn’t make a team you ’needed’ to be on? Wanted to build something that you were sure would be incredible, and watched it fall to pieces instead? I know it’s hard to remember at the time, but we all fail. If you learned something […]
What a Car Crash & Death Taught Me about Life & Happiness Pt.1
Dear H, This one is pretty personal and there’s a lot packed into the paragraphs, so take your time reading them. These first three letters were the hardest for me to write. But I did so instead of sitting down with you when you’re older, because it’s still easier for me to catch in writing […]
Finding a Hundred Happy Dollars
Dear Huhana and Kāhu ō te Rangi, This one is about making money, finding money, setting goals, and happiness. Yeah I know, “all these stupid letters are about happiness!” You’re right, they are. But that’s because if there’s one single thing I want to help you be, it’s that. Everything else comes second to happiness. When […]
What a Car Crash & Death Taught Me about Life & Happiness PART 2 (Perspective)
Dear Huhana and Kāhu ō te Rangi, Firstly, if you haven’t already, then please read part one of this letter. Part one makes up the first and most important lesson I learnt while trying to stop my life crumpling up like the bonnet of the car I crashed. I talked about happiness, because that’s something you […]
Purpose & productivity.
Dear Huhana & Kāhu ō te Rangi, Huhana you’re three years old, you’ve just become a big sister – congratulations and thanks in advance for helping raise your little bro. Kāhu ō te Rangi, you’re one week old today – welcome to the world, it’s yours to shape around you. This is a short letter. […]
Confidence, Ego, and Goals
Dear Huhana and Kāhu ō te Rangi, This week I finished up the school drop offs for Wellington Shoebox Christmas 2016, this is the part where I share pictures, stories, and thank you smiles from the awesome little kids that the project has delivered Christmas presents to. Every year I try to connect the volunteers to the […]
Copying the good ones, and the scariest dinner
Dear Huhana and Kāhu ō te Rangi, Huhana, we just finished dinner. Pretty boring start to a letter, huh?It wasn’t any ordinary dinner though, it was terrifying. Everything started off fine. We were both at your little person’s table. You were sitting on your little, you-sized chair. I was on the floor, balanced on my me-sized knees.I was spooning a hot bowl of […]
Letter to daughter worth sharing: Making a Difference
Dear Huhana and Kāhu ō te Rangi, Huhana, when I started writing this letter you were lucky enough to be on holiday with me, your mum, your grandparents and your bigger cousins. I was finishing it you and three of those cousins were a couple of lego blocks away from tearing apart the lounge in our […]
Why I started these letters and why you should keep a journal
Dear Huhana and Kāhu ō te Rangi, So I started writing these letters to you, but it’s kind of a blog too. There’s some really good reasons you should keep a journal or blog – but I’ve only included three. Mainly because I’m sick with a cold and that’s all I’m capable of doing right now. […]
