It’s quite strange how quickly life returns to normal. After our soppy airport reunion we ventured home to be together, because it’s what we missed most. The following day Daniel and [...]
Daniel comes home tomorrow and I keep spontaneously bursting into tears. I love an airport reunion. The past 13+ weeks have been such a big learning curve for me. I know that my solo-parenting [...]
How did it get to April? That I would like to know. I admit, I’ve been consciously counting down the last 11 weeks but still….April? I’ve been quiet here for the last while, [...]
We are crawling towards the end of the school term, noticing a shift in the seasons and subsequently, a change in our bodies. Che is home from school today; sniffly and croaky. Nothing drastic, [...]
The past fews days have been beautiful; because I’ve realised that my priorities right now are so wildly different to what they were a few months ago. And with such a realisation comes a [...]
The first step to simplifying your life: know your limits. In this age of doing it all and chasing success it’s quite difficult to stand up and say: “Actually, I can’t do that [...]
I was born a worrier – I’ve spent most of my life slightly concerned about what’s coming next. I realised my worry was more than a quirk when I started to experience physical [...]
Once again I find that there’s so much I could write about and yet forming a coherent post is beyond me. So I’m embracing the list (Pip’s idea) in the hope that I’ll find [...]
He packed 11 books for our little adventure. I encouraged him to cull them to four, we were only going for a day. When your child goes to school it’s rare to get one-on-one time with them. [...]
…so said the sign outside my local gym yesterday. If I had my way I would change the words to read: “life is too fast, let’s slow it down a bit, hey?” – for my [...]
She may be dramatic but sometimes I feel like making this face, too. Whenever I sit down to work I spend fifteen minutes (sometimes more) perusing blogs. Because I work from home you could [...]
I need to get more photos with the kids / I could create an entire photo series of Che reading…the sunset was pink, hence the rosy linen. I received some clothes in the mail last week and I [...]
