adventure

November 1, 2021adventure, busyness, change, choice, connections, education, emotions, family, feelings, future, identity, individuality, mother, Parenting

Who you say I am

I cannot believe how long it has been since I’ve blogged and I can tell you I’ve really missed it. I need […]

July 5, 2021July 12, 2021Activity, adventure, attachment, attention, attunement, basic need, child right, choice, communication, connections, craft, Creativity, education, emotions, empathy, feelings, fun, mental health, mother, Parenting, play, toys

You’ve got a friend in me

Does anyone else ever look in their kid’s room and think “this room is bursting at the seams, there is literally no […]

June 28, 2021adventure, attachment, attention, attention-seeking, attunement, bonding, choice, emotions, family, family time, feelings, fun, future, Goal, grateful, learning, mother, Parenting, selflessness

In my daughter’s eyes

I never thought I wanted children for many reasons, but the main one being I was just too selfish. Who wants to […]

December 23, 20202020, adventure, Christmas, communication, community, connections, craft, family, family time, glitter, mother, painting, Parenting, perseverance, positivity, zoom

Driving home for Christmas

…oh wait…we can’t. I’m sure there are many of you who have had Christmas plans shattered as the news last week told […]

September 21, 2020adventure, attunement, busyness, emotions, family, family time, feelings, learning, messy, mother, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance, play therapy, positivity, priority, relationship

It’s a hard not life

You just do it, don’t you? I went for a walk with a dear friend today and she asked me how on […]

September 14, 2020adventure, anxiety, attachment, attunement, birth, bonding, change, education, emotions, family, feelings, learning, mother, Parenting, perseverance, relationship, unknown

Into the Unknown

There are so many instances in life where we venture out blindly hoping that we make it through. A new job, buying […]

July 20, 2020adventure, anxiety, attachment, attunement, birth, change, emotions, family, feelings, grateful, guilt, love, mother, neonatal, Parenting, patience, peace, perseverance, positivity, pregnancy, premature, relationship, rollercoaster

You just gotta ride it

Neonates. What an all-encompassing, all-consuming, emotionally exhausting experience. I’m finding it hard to find the words to say to describe the 19 days Awena […]

July 8, 2020adventure, anxiety, birth, body, calm, change, emotions, family, feelings, labour, mother, Parenting, peace, pregnancy, rollercoaster

Life is a Rollercoaster

On the 21st May, I started preparing to write a blog entitled Life is a Rollercoaster. Seven weeks later, I am finally […]

May 12, 2020adventure, anxiety, birth, body, change, emotions, family, feelings, grateful, Hope, labour, love, mother, Parenting, peace, perseverance, positivity, pregnancy, relationship, self-care

Canvas of Life

After a chat with my family last night and having been asked the question “have you got any news” and finding the […]

April 28, 2020Activity, adventure, change, communication, cooking, Creativity, date, emotions, family, family time, feelings, Food, Health, Nutrition, foraging, learning, love, mental health, mother, patience, perseverance, positivity, relationship, self-care

We never change

Daf and I have never been particularly good at “date night”. Early on the pressure to do something super original and fun […]