Family, friends, dearly beloved, We are gathered here today to say our final goodbyes to baby Annabell. Despite clear user instructions someone thought it necessary to give her a bath. Baby Annabell was a loner Baby Annabelle was a loner, and months went by when no one saw or heard from her. Not because she...
Have you ever watched Grey's Anatomy? Grey's Anatomy is a series about doctors, brain surgeons, anesthesiologists, pediatrics, orthopedic surgeons etc. Usually they swoop in to save the day and the patient. If they have the time that is. Because usually they're very busy with their love lives. But what you don't see in Grey's Anatomy...
My husband's parenting powers lack a certain shall we say, prowess? When he shouts: 'Okay kids, time for bed!' they pay him no heed. And when he orders them to clean up their room, they vanish into thin air. Mom Power: use it sparingly I usually pretend I don't see. Because how else is he...
Source: Shutterstock 'The kids go back to school tomorrow...' 'I know! Isn't it awful?! I didn't sleep at all tonight. 'I'm soo dreading it. These months have just flówn by. That's what you get when you're enjoying yourself thís much: time just flies. We built the Eiffeltower from old newspapers 'Oh, I had such a...
After she has made us contort our bodies in every possible direction, my yoga teacher always whispers some calming words and finishes the lesson by saying solemnly: 'Just bé.' And as I was spending time with my kids, contorting myself in every direction as a mom, trying to do the best I could, I realized...
Last week my eldest son turned 18. And I wanted to give him something special. Something he can look at when he's 80 and say: 'This is what my parents gave me when I turned eighteen. Isn't it lovely?' But what do you give to an 18 year old boy who's main interest is computer...
I kept reading reviews of Caitlin Morans book How to Be a Woman. How to be a woman, is an autobiography of Caitlin Moran's life, and it's a book about feminine stuff you encounter as a woman. So when I wandered through the library, and I saw it standing there on a shelf, I jumped...
'You can't outrun the long arm of the law!' Kenny Rogers warned, but how far do the arms, and influence of a mom reach? After lots of struggling and hitting each other with different research results, psychologists finally agree: a child's development is equally determined by parenting, environment and genetics. Yet as a mom I...
'How can I miss you if you won't go away,' Eldon Hunt wondered, and I belted along in total agreement. Now that the kids have finally left for school, I can feel how much I miss them in the blissful silence of an empty house. Suddenly I remember how much I love them, as I...
Through the years, I'ld like to think that I have grown, both as a person and as a mom. So I made this cartoon to show you, how I've evolved as a mom!
