Here Charlotte is wearing a t-shirt by a company called Oliv from Tasmania.
We don’t normally talk about products on The Muriels, but we’re so taken with these simple, yet gorgeous t’s that we wanted to spread the word about their existence.
Oliv sells at the Salamanca Markets in Tassie but also online here.
They’re made by a lady who is just lovely and has seen terrible tragedy in her life.
The t-shirts are expensive but the quality is excellent (and no, we're not receiving anything from this blatant plug!)
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Miss C is too cute in that shirt. The Oliv products are lovely. I feel so sad to read of her loss. How to bear the unbearable.
Just wondering, you are very open about having a different kind of family arrangement (obviously) and seem to have a very positive relationship with Miss C's donor Dad, which I think is fantastic for her because she will not be left questioning her origins when she is older. Anyway, I recall he has publicly acknowledged he is her DD so its not a big secret or anything. But I wonder what does DD think about it nearly 2 years down the line? Does he keep much contact or is he happy with perhaps a once yearly regular thing - enough to keep in touch. Has being a DD brought more to his life than he expected? Or having donated, is is just a nice thing he did to help out and that's enough. I wonder what he did expect? I don't suppose any of these things are 100% predictable.
Maybe these questions are too personal and really only he could answer them, but if he has spoken about the issue of donating, even if its just in general, I'd be interested in his reflections.
Hi Fragola
It's not really our place to answer for C's donor Dad other than to say that we have regular communication with him and his family, and to the best of our knowledge he's very happy with the way things are going.
From our perspective, we're certainly very happy with our current arrangements and we feel privileged to have an ongoing relationship with him and his lovely family.
Yes of course, I kind of came to that conclusion as I was writing. Guess I was just thinking out loud! It seems that you have a really good arrangement which is thoughtful of both Miss C and her DD (and his extended family). The need to know your origins is an issue that has always concerned me about anonymous donations. I speak as someone who does not know one of my parents. At one point I gave having a child via donation serious consideration myself so its an issue I've thought about deeply.
Yes, the reason we chose a known donor was because ultimately we came to the conclusion that because we didn't have a crystal ball to know if it would be important to our future child, that it would be inappropriate for us to make that decision on his/her behalf and to set it up so that they would never have the option open to them in the future.
This way, C has greater choice into her future and we hope that she will be thankful for our decision later in life.
Saying that, many anonymous donors are now identity release once the child turns 16 or 18, so they too have the option of tracing their heritiage.
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