I keep hearing the lyrics of that Avicii song in my head… “So wake me up when it’s all over When I’m wiser and I’m older All this time I was finding myself And I didn’t know I was lost” I didn’t know I was lost until I found myself with a moment of silence that I […]
Put Yourself On The List
A while ago, a friend of mine told me about some advice she’d been given. Someone wise commiserated with her about how hard it is to make time to look after yourself when you already have so many other things to do. That same wise someone also noticed that she was very good at making […]
23 Truths about Kids and Parenting.
I was chatting with friends the other day, and we were swapping stories about all the crazy things our kids had been up to. After laughing and commiserating with each other, one friend wondered if any of us could sum up all the things we know about kids and parenting in one sentence. Once sentence? […]
Eight Awesome ways to procrastinate
I have achieved very little this week. Well apart from keeping four children alive and mostly happy, apart from that momentous feat, the main thing I have done this week is procrastinate. I am very good at procrastinating… very, very good. If you need a little help with the whole procrastinating thing, here are eight […]
Ten Things I Know about Parenting Right Now.
This is a photo of my four, awesome children. They are currently aged 5, 8, 12 and 12 (that is not a typo, the girl ones are twins). And these are the things I know about parenting right now, in this moment…. 1. If all your kids have shoes on both their feet five minutes […]
Little Things that have Made a Big Difference.
Sometimes it’s just a simple phrase, or a small idea, but it leaps off my screen and hits me right between the eyes! Sometimes it nags at me quietly for weeks before I realise how important it is. Sometimes it seems like a little thing, but little things can make a big difference. Here are […]
Can’t. Sleep.
What the heck is wrong with me! Ok sure, sometimes I struggle to fall asleep, but once I’m out I’m out, till someone, or something, wakes me up. Not this week. This week has been more like this… Sometime in the middle of the night. I’m awake. Why am I awake? Do I dare open […]
The Last, First Step, to Letting Go.
He went off to his first day of school with a huge grin on his face and his trademark cheeky eyes. He’s been waiting for this day for a long time. He just couldn’t wrap his head around the fact that he didn’t just start school the day he turned five last June. “But why […]
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