I don’t know what I’ve written in previous Mother’s Day posts. Tears, pain, joy, gratefulness, love. The whole caboodle. Mother’s Day is best sidled up to when someone is missing. It’s not about gifts or even about being special. Perhaps it’s about remembering the duties. Perhaps it’s seeing the space or choosing not to. They […]
Sunny side up.
I’m finding it pretty hard to see the wood for the trees at the moment. I’m trading my time for money in a way that is necessary but not wildly fulfilling and not contributing anything other than 7 large tummy sustaining funds to the future. I want to build something bright and exciting and instead […]
Editorial: Broadband Providers: How to Know What's Best for You
If you are considering switching broadband provider there are a few things to think about: speed, data usage and what kind of deal you want. With a little preparation and a good price comparison website the process should be pretty straightforward. A comprehensive survey by Which magazine asked 5000 switchers how they found the process […]
On role models & International Women's Day.
I’m the daughter of an empowered woman. She’s a professor, a researcher, someone who made her life the way she chose it. I’m the grand daughter of an empowered woman, of her generation. An equal marriage, an earner as well as a mother and housewife, someone still living independently at nearly 90, someone who has […]
Reasons for having a toddler #487.
I love him, I really do. I love that he is no longer a baby and I love that he’s beginning to grow into someone who talks and has opinions and can comment on life. I love that he has favourite programmes and can express his requirements at different times about what he wants to […]
Editorial: Seven Different Ways to Spend Mother's Day.
Mother’s Day is fast approaching. If you always find yourself this time of year trying to choose from the bedraggled range of petrol station bouquets at the last minute, it’s time to do plan something special for a change. Get the family together, go out for special meal, or give her a break from the […]
I brak the otion with a niphe.
I’ve documented our reading journey plenty over the years. Two children who found reading became magically easy at 8ish and who are now, by and large avid readers. One who learned to read all on her own at 6 and yet has never, even at nearly 13, become someone who reads for pleasure. One who […]
Sponsored Video: A2 Milk.
We are a family with ‘previous’ when it comes to milk. When Amelie was 3 – with considerable reluctance and embarrassment at becoming ‘faddy’ parents, we decided to try removing milk from her diet since we had gone beyond misery at her eczema and asthma. She was miserable, we were miserable, it had reached the […]
Tripping up.
I was afraid of her, the woman with the cruel eyes and the taunting expression. She held me close to her with my necklace and I could feel her breath on me as real as I could feel the eyes of the helpless watchers outside. She wanted to hurt me and I knew she would. […]
5 reasons The Works made Home Educating easier.
Back in the olden days when budget was less of a problem and my house hadn’t actually exploded with stuff, we would often occupy ourselves with a trip into town, which was within walking distance back then and peruse the lovely retail opportunities it offered. We normally had a reason to go to town in […]
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