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Love Hurts
So today I felt that parental pain like no other – pain worse than my own, the pain of watching your child suffer. It’s pretty depressing when your child ends up being more heroic than you… There we were, monkeying … Continue reading
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Who’s a good mother anyway?
Well, not me for starters. So here I am writing a magazine article about good parenting, and as I read through the many emails and blog replies to my survey (thank you everyone by the way), I nod in agreement … Continue reading
Posted in children, good parenting, halloween
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It’s good to talk…
A weekend of sleepless nights, high emotion, and hugs and happiness. Just another weekend with the girls…. Only this time it was my girl-friends… Four ragged mums decided it would be beneficial to all concerned (our kids most of all) … Continue reading
Posted in children, girlfriends, motherhood
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Arming them for life
Slightly bereft at having to chuck my much-used colour coded planning chart in the bin, I wave goodbye to my family. Left alone with my girls and a vacant diary, I feel the emptiness only a great time of love … Continue reading
Posted in children, cousins, friends
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Beauty is Pink Deep
Part of being a mum, especially a mum to two girls, is that I teach them not to see beauty as skin deep. It seems every time I open a newspaper I read another survey about how hard girls are … Continue reading
Summer time and living is easy…
I feel like a child again. For the first time in years I have a lazy summer holiday ahead of me. Now, I feel like it’s reward for all the hard work. Now, I realise what it’s all about. Now, … Continue reading
Posted in children, motherhood, summer
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Fickle Fancies
I’ve come to the conclusion I’m fickle. Not only that, I’m shamelessly shallow and materialistic. I also think I’m a bit smug. It took a new mirror to reflect the real me….Oh how I would mock those grasping celebrity types … Continue reading
Posted in children, moving house, writing
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Holding onto Happiness
The two’s maybe terrible, but the three’s are thrilling. I have a plan to become very rich – if only I can figure out the mechanics of bottling up what my daughter has – pure unadulterated, untarnished, untainted, unspoilt wonderful … Continue reading
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Working is child’s play
We are moving house soon, and at last, AT LAST, I will have a room of my own to write. OK, so I’ll probably have to share it with my husband, but to all intents and purposes, I will have … Continue reading
Gay Abandon
Daisy may be flighty but she is loyal. Three going on thirty, she is a social butterfly (although when I call her this, she shakes her head firmly, and tells me, “No mummy, I’m a girl.”) She has lots of … Continue reading
Posted in children, discrimination, friendship
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Grin and Tonic 