love

So, someone asked me why I didn’t make a speech at my own birthday. Truth is, I didn’t want to. Truth is, with everything that’s happened in the last year,…

1. When my mom said, yesterday, whilst her and Cam and I were cuddled up on her bed, reading the Three Little Pigs: “you’re a strict mom. you’re raising a…

A while ago…it feels like a lifetime and a half ago, now… I  wrote something for Parent24. Some people didn’t like it much. I hated that time in my life.…

1. when every moment is precious, treat it thus. and, hey, every moment is precious, merely because it exists. 2. that a child’s logic is the cleanest form of honesty…

Five years ago today… I went on early maternity leave. On the first day, I packed my hospital bag, went and saw my dad and attended my last antenatal class.…

when the kidney is ill, one needs an antidote of love and trust. i have the love, i lack the self-trust.  this time of life right now shall, and will,…

You see, we live a sometimes crazy life, strung together by singing and dancing around the lounge. It’s not common for me, as Sheena will testify, to let anyone in…

For Sheena and I. When I read her most recent post and then compared it my own life. I realised and remembered two things. Both of these things, she’ll understand…

You know, audience of twelve, I’m not just a mama. The truth is, I’m a proud aunt too. And the thing is, my eldest niece is not only a cousin,…

being here today.   thank you.