Confessions

Paint the Sky

May 17, 2013

She had a pen.  It had rainbows all over it. And so she painted the sky with colour.  Sometimes, it’s good to stop, and watch.  To see how these little ones interact with the world around them.

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How I Became A More Confident Mum

May 3, 2013

Understatement coming up:  There are a lot of opinions out there when it comes to parenting, and not just from other parents.  There are experts, authors, doctors, advertising campaigns, people who aren’t parents, teachers, grandparents, blogs, and even the government — all setting some sort of invisible benchmarks for parents to attain. I discovered early [...]

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Sometimes, I think we are crazy

April 2, 2013

There was a point there, where I didn’t think I could do it: camping for the long weekend. You see, from the time Matt knew he had the Easter weekend off to when we had to leave was less than two days.   And when I say we weren’t organised, I mean the trailer had yard [...]

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I have a bad attitude

March 25, 2013

The feeling of discontentment wells up inside me.  It started with a seed of annoyance, instigated by weariness with an edge of disappointment. “When is Dad coming home?” from the kids changed to “IS Dad coming home?”.   The impact of changes, often comes out in the children, and as a mother, I can’t help but [...]

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Organising Kids for School

March 10, 2013

Well, here I am: all four of my children are at school.   And it’s FULL ON. Sport days, music days, library days, basketball practice, concert band ensemble, strings ensemble, cello lessons, piano lessons, clarinet lessons, homework, newsletters, assignments, oral preparation, home readers, sight words…and lunches. As I said, there are four of them at school [...]

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Something small to say today

March 4, 2013

You don’t need to do everything. All at the same time. Nope. I think there is an unspoken idea out there, that mothers needs to be everything at the same time: a cook, cleaner, amazing child-rearer, teacher.  Earn money and exercise; bake, create, socialise. Look amazing. Be amazing. You even have to feel amazing (be [...]

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