Who watches their children sleep, with a sheepish smile on their face and a tear in their eye? I was doing just this the other day – looking at Evie’s little hands resting sweetly on her chest as it moved up and down gently with her breaths. Then I had a flash back. She used…
Category Archives: Parenting
The healing abilities of quality time
We have had a busy few days. Meetings, seminar, work, blessing way, errands to run… You know the things. Those things that you just need to do. Evie has been sick and as a result hasn’t been sleeping that well. Our days have been a challenge too. She’s been coughing, very sensitive and just wants…
Calm, chaos and missing Dadda
A woman’s coping ability is surprisingly high once she becomes a mother. Yet it is pushed to greater extents than she ever imagined possible. Patrick was away this week. He still is. Tuesday morning to Sunday afternoon. 5 nights. He’s been away plenty of times before, but usually just for weekend seminars and meetings –…
Sorry, my love. Except I’m not.
I say sorry when I bump you. I say sorry when you are unwell, when you just want to cuddle and I have to put you down to do something. I say sorry with all of my heart when I know you are crying because I wasn’t there for you. You say sorry to…
Children and their manners
Image source I have questioned the subject of manners before. I used to wonder about it before I had Evie. I would watch children ask their parents for something. Sometimes they would beg, sometimes they would demand, sometimes they would just ask. Inevitably, every parent would say “You can have one/it/that if you can ask…
Vaccination information from… Guess who?
I went and had a blood test yesterday – nothing important, just a quick check of my Vitamin D and Iron levels. I came across something interesting while I was there though and I couldn’t help but laugh! Now, just so you all know… I don’t mind if you choose to vaccinate or not, that…
