March 12, 2015
The sisterhood and brown-haired girls
There were three brown haired girls. They came into our life at the park, by…
February 22, 2015
#bonvoyagebaby
There’s a half told story about a girl who went to University to become a…
January 1, 2015
Twenty fourteen – so sweet and so mean
Bittersweet. That would possibly be the best word to describe the past year. Unless a…
December 24, 2014
My Belated Valentine’s
Almost two Valentine’s ago now I brought my love a trip for the two of…
December 20, 2014
She’s the kind of girl who’ll show up
We all staged a bit of a coup last week. Miss 11 (along with 32…
December 14, 2014
The whole Christmas she-bang
So I thought I was all down with Christmas, but in the last couple of…
November 28, 2014
Thank you for the Pie
If gratitude for all we have brings us peace, then peace rules our house right…
November 9, 2014
On this side of all that
I had a Sunday that was great. It was what I always would have wanted…
September 8, 2014
Tales of a celebrity mom
I have always had aspirations to be famous. I may have had my day. Well…
August 26, 2014
Number 2 is 11
You’d think I’d be getting used to my girls growing up because they all are.…
August 7, 2014
It’s like being tipsy at 11am
Here’s what I worked out today. Sometimes you can hold onto stuff for way longer…
August 3, 2014
Bit more breathing. Way less clinging.
It’s the most beautiful Sunday. The not-at-all wintery kind of winter Sunday where the sun…
July 14, 2014
Guarding the octopus
I’ve been a crotchety mole this afternoon. Screechy in fact. The school holidays are in…
July 11, 2014
How Moo came to be 6 and other stories
Yesterday was Moo’s 6th birthday. We had a crazy, fun, busy day. For most of…
June 21, 2014
40 things that make being 40 magnificent!
I recall when I was 20 that 40 seemed like such a long way away.…
June 4, 2014
The Goddam motherworker lives on
I wrote this one a year or so ago. In the depths of sick kids…
June 2, 2014
Underwhelming overwhelmed
Being overwhelmed is such a waste of time. I keep doing it and then I…
May 25, 2014
Moving right along
It's time to take the plunge. I've been faffing around the outside of my support…