And we’re back…. 

And we’re back…. 

Back from the summer holidays, back from Brussels, back to school for the kids, back to college for me & the husband.  The return from my annual trip to Brussels heralds the end of the summer and the start of the new school year. I had great plans for the...
There are woods? And trees? 

There are woods? And trees? 

I am a great one for not seeing the woods for the trees. I remember feeding my firstborn hour after hour every night, reading about cluster feeding and thinking, “Jesus, I’m so lucky my baby doesn’t cluster feed all night long”. I’m thinking this while cluster...
I’m on a break

I’m on a break

I had great plans for a month to myself between finishing college and the first of the kids finishing up school for the summer. However, as soon as I handed in that last assignment, all the stuff I’ve been putting off all year came home to roost, and I have been...
Poetry anyone?

Poetry anyone?

I’m not really a poetry person – I could never get into the poetry I studied in school, I found most of it impenetrable and boring. But I’ve loved Pam Ayers and, thanks to her, I’ve always remembered to Look After me Teeth.  I also have a favourite Haiku: A Haiku...
And we’re done…

And we’re done…

The last assignment has been submitted and so, just like that, year one is done.   It’s been a tough year, learning how to balance the dramas of family life with my precarious health, full-time college, keeping the house up and running and the family fed,...
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