“Can we go to the forest park, mama?” It is bigger than most of the parks in our area and as well as the stock-standard, primary coloured jumble of plastic play equipment it has a large, grassy hill (perfect for rolling down) and, at the bottom of the hill, the most wonderful thick grove of […]
7 On Sunday: Emotional Intelligence, Resilience, Questioning & More
How has your week been? Who can believe it’s March already! Though our week was one of those flash-in-the-pan type ones, where the daily routine just seems to carry you through and the day (hey, even the week!) is over before you know it. I hope yours has been free of illness and unnecessary drama! […]
This Game of Parenting Tag
That oh so familiar voice greets me with a reminder to leave a message after the beep but instead I hang up. He’ll see that I’ve called and there is no time for wasting as I rush to plait one child’s hair while helping the other into her school shoes. We’ve been playing a whole […]
Heart hurts.
The heartbreak of hand-me-downs. I know, it’s silly, right? The feels, all the feels, they overwhelm me for just a moment. The what-ifs sweep through my mind. Followed closely by, “Just stop already, slow down!” My eyes well. As much as I know my days as the mama of newborn babies are over, I indulge […]
The Thing About Parenting
I remember talking with a friend who had just had her third baby about this bizarre journey of parenting that we’re both on. We were mulling over the realities of life as a parent, and indeed how much our lives had changed, as we sipped on McCoffees and made use of the free playground… as […]
