Once upon a time there was a little boy, who dreamt of his very own computer tablet. Every day he counted his pennies, and then one day he said: 'I'm only 5 dollars short!' When his opportunistic mommy heard this, she immediately hatched a plan. She went to the little boy and in her sweetest...
My husband gets a Christmas package from his work. My daughter gets a Christmas package from her work. I, however, get no Christmas package from my work. Because as a SAHM, I'm supposed to be satisfied with love and kisses. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't appreciate being paid with love. But...
Even though I've been a mom for almost thirty years now, I still fear the day someone comes up to me and exposes me as a fraud. I often feel like an actress in a very bad B-movie. The kind that doesn't even make it to the movie theater, but is released onto dvd immediately....
One of the things that change when you become a mom, is that solitude becomes something that's rare. You can't even go to the toilet in peace.... Or hide out there. They'll always find you.
A song keeps playing in my head: 'Where is the love?' Indeed, where ís the love?! And is there enough love going around? Where is the love? Sometimes I'm so busy living, keeping the kids from killing themselves and each other, I forget about the love. It's hard to feel the love when they walk...
I didn't know it at the time, but when my kids were little I practiced horizontal parenting! A lot. Horizontal parenting I was just so tired. So, I let the kids play hairstylist or doctor. So I could just lie there while they checked my heart with a stethoscope and gave me many vaccinations. ...
My eldest daughter lives in England, where Mother's Day is celebrated in March. The perk of having a daughter who lives abroad, is that you get to have Mother's Day twice a year! Look what I got for Mother's day 2023 This year she got me this great card. A 5 star rating and a...
This year the worst thing I could ever imagine happened. I lost one of my children. Although I don't want to say 'lost'. I would like to think she's still around. Just in a different way. Like in this poem by Henry Scott-Holland: I am but in the other room 'Death is nothing at all. ...
... having lots of energy cords. I've been reading the book Energy Strands written by Denise Linn. It got me thinking, and then inspired me to make this picture. I feel live I'm always connected by invisible strands with my children. Even when they're not around. Or may, sometimes especially when they're not around.
