Mother

No Milk Today — Don’t Mess With a Mum on a Mission

October 20, 2011

Anyone remember this advert? HA! I know how she is feeling. Don’t mess with a Mum on a mission.

Three Gates : Words of Wisdom

June 2, 2010

If you’ve read about me, you will know my Mother died, almost four years ago (she was only 51). Sometimes it feels like yesterday and sometimes it feels like forever ago. Just last night, right before I went to sleep, I felt a sudden pain in my chest and a familiar panic: Mum’s not here anymore; I [...]

Vintage Mother Value

May 13, 2010

Much, if not all, of work performed by mothers, in relation to caring for children and home-duties, is unpaid work. In a world where money = status, bearing and caring for children is at the bottom of the pile. I believe in the value of Motherhood as a chosen occupation or otherwise; however today’s society doesn’t. Fifty odd years [...]

Daddy-Tax

April 22, 2010

We have a joke in our family (many actually). Whenever the children have something yummy, like an ice-cream, they give a bite to Daddy as Daddy-Tax. The children roll their eyes and say, “DAAAAD!” before reluctantly giving it up – with a hint of a grin. When it comes down to it, I think far too much [...]

The B Team

April 2, 2010

What about the A team I hear you ask. Well, if your surname is Armstrong, Agnew or Anderson, you would belong to the A Team. But us Burstows, we’re the B Team. This is a concept our family has had a lot of fun with. It’s nice to belong, isn’t it? I’ve worked hard to [...]

February FunMum – Meeya

February 23, 2010

A Mother’s Instinct Critically ill and barely conscious; drugged and hallucinating; yet when this mother was roused, the first thing she did was frantically hold her stomach, where her unborn child should’ve been. The attending nurse said the horror on her face sent a chill down her spine. Even in a barely conscious state, this [...]