“Happy talk, keep talkin’ happy talk, Talk about things you’d like to do…”
This morning as I caught up with the news I read an article about a trial in York regarding four grown men bullying a teenage colleague because he was Catholic (the trial is today. In the 21st century. Not 100…
“All children, except one, grow up”
Today Aoife is five years, six months and three days old. Today, while she quickly wrote a story before school because we’d forgotten to do her homework (when does that start becoming her fault not ours?), we found her first…
“There ain’t no cure for the Summertime blues”
It’s 22 degrees outside. For those of you outside of the UK, this is a pretty big deal!
(S)he who does not ask remains a fool forever…..
It’s that time again, HALF TERM. Time for me to do some of that ‘proper parenting’ that I’ve heard about…. Obviously it’s blowing a hoolie outside (well it IS June) so we’re mostly in house. Aoife being here full time…
“It’s been a bad day, please don’t take a picture”
I have debated long and hard whether I was going to share this post today. I’m aware that it shows me at a terribly low point, at my worst and that makes me feel incredibly vulnerable.
Playdates – Why do we do it?
Before I was 30 I’d have said I wasn’t a fan of children, I didn’t like them one bit. They absolutely weren’t for me and I’d never have one. Ever. Then I hit 30 and was struck with an overwhelming…
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