Monday, January 8, 2024

So 2024 has crept up... wow.

 2023 is done and dusted as is our Christmas / End of year break. Helen, Ann and I are back into it and have we been busy since we came back last week.

I hope 2023 was a good year for you and if not, then as Michael Caine said, always look forward with hope. And we hope that 2024 will be a magic year for you.

Right now we are working on our first newsletter for the year and that will be for the month of March and will feature some new fashion mastectomy bras from Amoena. Also we are slowly moving to email distribution of our newsletters. Australia Post are talking about putting the price of stamps up to $1.50  and with many thousands of newsletters going out twice a year it is getting a bit over the top. This will be a gradual change as we are collecting all new customer email addresses as we go along. To our old friends, we will ask you for your email address when next you shop with us. Realistically this will take somewhere between 12 - 18 months we believe.  

And I will give you my personal guarantee that your email address is safe with us. We do NOT and will not ever share your email address with any third party. Junk email drives me crazy so we will not be a part of that problem ever.

That's about it for now, but I would like to take this opportunity at the start of a new year to thank you for your continuing support of Spirit of Life Boutique. Everyday we get cards in the mail from happy ladies whom we have been able to help and these do mean so much to Helen, Ann and me. We very much appreciate the time you take to write and send those cards and letters to us. 


Chloe and me in 23. 

Till next time...


Debra

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Our new swimsuits are just rushing out the door.. plus some fun in Mark's studio.

 Summer is about 3 days away.. and as the days warm ladies are coming into the boutique looking for swimsuits. And we have some really pretty designs across the price range. You'll find them here on our website, but they look much better in real life.. so drop into the shop sometime and see for yourself.


And something different, my husband Mark is a professional photographer and has been working on a project he calls "Classics". He photographs a person in his studio in black and white wearing a pair of classic Ray-Ban Wayfarers sunglasses. And he gets them to hold something that relates to their work. He grabbed me on the weekend while changing some lighting and here I am with my trusty tape measure.

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Wednesday, October 25, 2023

A visit from some rural breast care nurses.

 Today Debra welcomed some rural breast care nurses from all over QLD.  It was a chance to talk to them in a small group and give them some granular detailed information on what Spirit of Life does and how the various prostheses suit different surgical outcomes for different ladies.

They were very happy and thankful and gave Debra a lovely certificate of appreciation when it was all over.



Deb talking to the group.






Thursday, October 12, 2023

Sofie Formica on 4BC recently interviewed Debra.

 Recently Debra was a guest on 4BC and spoke about just what Spirit of Life does for ladies who have had breast surgery.


Audio link here.


Debra and Sofie





Sunday, November 13, 2022

New mastectomy swimsuits for summer here now!

 I have just posted a video to youtube on our new mastectomy swimsuits for summer. Come in and view them for yourself. Limited stock available due to supply issues from Europe. So don't miss out.





Looking forward to seeing you in the boutique.


Debra


Friday, November 11, 2022

On the 11th hour, of the 11th day of the 11th month; the guns fell silent.


Seems a busy year has almost passed and the old out of sight., out of mind has happened with my blog. Not many postings in 2022. 


But on this day, Remembrance Day 2022 I just wanted to say this....

In 1914 a 16 year old walked into the recruiting office in London, England and asked to join the army. The smiling recruiting officer asked him, "How old are you lad?" And the reply came, "I am sixteen sir!" And the recruiting officer said, "Come back when you are eighteen son."  And in the words of that sixteen year old, 'I walked around the quadrangle and came back to the officer, I am  eighteen now sir. And he said, fill in this form, sign here and here is your shilling."

That young man was Ronald Bell Taylor, my father in law to be. And so a sixteen year old went to World War one and eventually came home in 2019, a twenty one year old man. His younger sister told me some thirty years ago how the entire family (he was one of ten children) all rushed to the railway station to welcome home a "man of the world."   He always told his son Mark that "war changes men." Sadly Ron died before I met Mark, so I never came to meet this man. He spent a lot of his life ensuring that others who did not fare so well were taken care of. Service before self was his moto.

At the Spirit of Life it is with honour that we take care of veterans plus their wives and widows every day. Breast cancer doesn't discriminate, even those who serve can be affected.

So on this remembrance day Mark and I always think of the sacrifices our men and women in uniform made in the past and continue to make to ensure we all sleep safely in our beds at night.


Lest we forget.


A 16 year old Ron Taylor in WW1
A 16 year old Ron Taylor in WW1


Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Lovely to have visitors in the Boutique today.

 Today we had the pleasure of welcoming some folks from Amoena. Kevin from Amoena USA, Renee, Sophie and Roxane from Amoena Australia and also Oliver from Amoena in Germany. Great folks and good to have time out with the to discuss new products etc. 


There is no doubt that Amoena are at the top of the game with their quality products and we are proud to represent them in the store.