Learning to Ask for Help when you are Sick – One Mother’s Story
When I say I am an independent, private person, what I mean is I don’t like others seeing my seen-better-days Target knickers and wondering why I have 10 cans of corn in the pantry. And, when I say I was recently ill, what I mean is I found myself in hospital recovering from surgery, and […]
The Dawn Of The Tweens – I Was Not Prepared
Do you know how many results you get when you search the word “Tweens” on Google? An astronomical 12,700,000 entries and counting. That is absolutely mind boggling. I have two boys, ages 11 and nearly 10. The youngest son is turning 10 in May and he cannot wait to enter the double digit phase. “Why on earth […]
School Mum To Be – What’s Normal to Feel?
So you’ve been looking after your beautiful little cherub for the past 4 years. You know very soon that little person who you love and have spent most of their waking life with is just about go off into the unknown world of School. You feel a mixture of fear, relief, excitement, anxiety but what’s […]