What I’ve Learned… (A Roundup)
Today I want to share with you my last two weeks’ weekly columns at BonBon Break Magazine. In a series called, “What I’ve Learned…”, I explore the little lessons motherhood throws at me each...
View ArticleThe Masturbation Conversation
Masturbation. This word strikes fear in the heart of most parents. It’s the kryptonite of the parenting fraternity. When most parents look at their children, the last thing they want to think about is...
View ArticleThe Last Snowman {Book Review}
BUY THIS BOOK. Really. I mean it. Every once in a while, a new children’s book author emerges who, quite literally, takes your breath away. JC Little, author of The Last Snowman does this and more. I...
View ArticleThe Extraordinary Man
There’s this man. He makes everyone he interacts with feel valued and special. He looks at me like I’m everything he ever dreamed of and then some. He loves me with his whole heart. This man has a...
View ArticleMornings With Kids Are No Fairy Tale.
This morning, I woke up half an hour early, organised breakfasts, made school lunches and folded laundry. Feeling unusually ahead of my game and positive about the day ahead, I went to wake the kids....
View ArticleRemembering Doron
Not a day has gone by in nearly fifteen years that I haven’t thought of him. Not a day has passed without him visiting my thoughts and jolting my heart. Doron delighted in being alive and in nineteen...
View ArticleI don’t love all my children the same.
I have a confession. When I was expecting Little Man, I suffered terrible, unspeakable guilt. You see, I knew that there was no way I could possibly love this new baby as much as I loved Miss M....
View ArticleGrief, a Continent Away
Without connection, what are we? This week, very suddenly, my family lost a very beloved family member. When I think about my My Auntie Viv, I remember a woman with a wicked sense of humour, hilarious...
View ArticleFlop-proof Cinnamon Scrolls
Yesterday, after picking up the kids from school and dropping the bigger kids off at their extra-curricular activities, Baby G and I found ourselves at home with time to bake. She wanted to bake...
View ArticleThe Little Swimmer Who Could
This year, Miss M left her small community-based Primary School and began her High School career at a school four times the size. As she disappeared into an intimidating sea of girls on the first day,...
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