Category: Love
Posted on May 6, 2016
The Mother’s Day gift you can keep on giving
Looking for a gift for Mother’s Day? May I interest you in taking some time out from saying annoying things to mothers for just one day? Here is a by-no-means-exhaustive list of of things you could stop saying… Read More
Posted on April 27, 2016
We built a village
There’s a lot of talk about a village. And how we don’t have one anymore. How mothers before us knew it takes a village. That they spent their days at each other’s houses. Children happily playing outside as… Read More
Posted on March 27, 2016
The confessional
It’s time – time for some truth. Time for some parenting confessions. I’ll be honest, I have said a few white lies in the past, at a coffee group, to a colleague, a friend even…definitely to family now… Read More
Posted on March 16, 2016
Under different stars
When I was pregnant I stood in front of the long mirror leaning against the wall of my warm and dry home. I saw my belly full of life. I felt content. Almost everything felt right in this world I… Read More
Posted on February 8, 2016
Who will you be?
One of my favourite things to do is imagine who my boys will grow up to be. Will they be bogans? Or hippies? Will they stay up late reading by torchlight like I did? Or will they ignore… Read More
Posted on January 2, 2016
The tiny big promises
I used to be reasonably big on New Years resolutions. And New Years Eve. But to be honest, with two kids – the passing of this year passed in a blink. The babies cared not that it was New… Read More
Posted on December 22, 2015
A guide to being nice at Christmas (or the gift of not being a jerk)
Whether you have wee ones or not – Christmas can be a stressful time. Or a magical time. Or some kind of magical stressful time. I have had a number of emails in the lead up to Christmas… Read More
Posted on November 29, 2015
How to be kind
Today was kind of a wonderful day. We had our Ballet is for Everyone Christmas party. Lots of kids and parents and volunteers and friends came, and it was beautiful. Ballet is for Everyone is a wee thing… Read More
Posted on November 10, 2015
Apparently lists are popular these days
I was told that I should be writing lists because nobody these days reads anything long-form. Pffft. I just don’t believe that. But I thought I’d have a go of it anyway… Top 5 lies I’ve told my… Read More
