Morning routine. What's that again? Is that where we drag ourselves out of bed via the toddler alarm clock at 6ish...stumble to the coffee machine...make them breakfast, get them dressed, make school lunches, yell a lot about shoes and get in the car at some point, before or after the school bell has gone? Then [...]
Yesterday I ducked into the chemist (and when I say ducked I mean like a slow, snail-paced crawl with toddler in tow) for some iron tablets. I'd been feeling depleted. Just this week. Energy low. It happens. It happens when you have a rotation of two children in your bed most nights. It happens when [...]
If I could build a bomb shelter to protect my kids from getting hurt in this big, bad world - I want to say that I would throw them in there and not let anyone in near them. But even if I had that option I think I would still throw them to the wolves. [...]
I thought about this question and whether I had the courage to truly answer it. Whether I was brave enough to write it down. If my wins were outweighing my sense that I am just never quite the parent I want to be. Parenting is: scary wanting to be perfect never feeling quite [...]
How do you manage the long-haul flights with children? How do you take three kids under the age of 7 and make them sit nicely and sleep? As I discussed in Travelling With Your Tribe (Part 1) it's all about managing your expectations. Or, in essence, setting them aside. They might scream. They might get [...]
You need the normal to appreciate the extraordinary. The extraordinary to appreciate the normal. Travel takes you out of your routine. Out of your zone. Puts you in learning situations. Puts life in your face.
I am always learning. Sometimes it gets a little uncomfortable when you realise the chasm between who you are now and where you want to go. I'm reading a book called Conscious Parenting by Dr Shefali Tsabary at the moment. I don't read parenting books that tell me when my children should go to bed [...]
Did you read that hilarious post by Brad Kearns about being Mum for the day? It was so well written, hilarious and right on the money, but you know what I, and probably most of the Mums out there, loved the most about it? The perspective it gave him to appreciate how hard his wife works. [...]
A snail's pace of change, winds its way through the world Time never demanding anything from anyone The world waits as mind's open up, receptive We talk but we don't hear We laugh but we don't connect We eat but we don't taste Wanting To feel as if we did when we were children Present [...]
My kids need time amongst the trees. To hear the wind whispering to them, the leaves enticing them and the grass supporting their growth. Too much of this world has been created to move them out of their essence. To designate safety over exploration. Security over freedom. Fear over love. We need to give them [...]
