To encourage you all, this week has been significantly better. Having taken my own advice last week we have gotten off to a much better start. I’m in no fairy-tale way thinking that this is it now, we’re sorted, but that with different expectations we are more prepared for the long game. Today, I thought […]
I don’t want to say much today. I feel too much is being said. So just a very little pause for thought: H is for hope. Hope spurs faith. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Find peace. O is for opportunity. Seize the day. Be kind. Be […]
Today I am sitting looking at the laptop and having what I’m going to call a “blogging blank”. I feel that this winter has zapped me of creativity and outside joy. I was thinking only the other day, I’ve done well staying positive through all this rain, but now March has arrived I guess I […]
I know I’m a bit late in the month to be thinking about love, but I was struck by a somewhat saddening thought yesterday regarding the question of love. You’ve heard me talk about love languages before and it’s something I have tried to reinstall in our family to get us thinking about how we […]
Before becoming a parent one of the things I used to resent was standing, freezing my butt off, with other mums in the park, watching their children swing, slide etc, and only having the usual snippets of conversation as the parent tends to falls, friendship upsets, sibling rivalry etc. But, since becoming a parent I […]
I feel confronted by a challenge at the moment, and one I have to admit, I don’t yet have the answer to. I’ve been pondering it regarding myself for a while but am questioning the importance of instilling these values into our kids; the next generation. One of the things I struggle with as a […]
I tend to find January a bit of a tough month if I’m honest. It’s cold and dark and often wet, and the twinkling lights and excitement of Christmas have been left behind. I’m afraid winter is not my favourite season and January can often leave me wondering if the dreary bitterness will ever end. […]
I have been reminded this week of the importance of journeying through parenthood with others. It’s something I’ve mentioned before (maybe on a few occasions) but each stage we face with our little ones brings new challenges which need not be faced alone. We currently have a four-and-a-half-year-old (going on 14). The Jekyll and Hyde, […]
Creativity, experimentation, an awakening of senses, connections, celebrations, enjoyment, fun, laughter, family, necessity, daily, basic need…what do all these connotations have in common? Food. Our daily bread. Something we need to survive. I love food! I love exploring new tastes and trying new things. I’ll be honest from the start, I am a fussy eater […]
Who gets to January and thinks yey, it’s a new year…that means a new me? Or who gets to January and thinks I just can’t be bothered with a new year’s resolution; they never come to anything and the thought of another failure is just too much? I think I fall somewhere in the middle. […]