Rock bottom

• Play Beauty parlor, with you as the client. Be sure to remove all permanent markers first! • Play hairsalon, with you as the client. Remove all scissors that still work! • Play Tattoo parlor, with you as the client. You had already removed all permanent markers. Right?! • Let your kids read to yóú,...

When your children take the next step to adulthood, as a mom you have to take a step forwards too. But that's often easier said than done. When my oldest son was sixteen I started a new school. Which meant he had to ride his bike for 40 minutes to the nearest train station, and...

Now that the kids are home áll the time during Summer Vacation my life has become utter bliss. I've fallen in love with my children all over again. We spend all our time together playing games of Monopoly, and not ónce do we fight about who gets to use the piece of the little doggy...

For years I wished my eldest son would take more of an interest in appearance. He just threw on the nearest shirt and pants he could find on the floor, and his hair was so fat, you could easily fry an egg in it. And two sausages. I should have known better! Because doesn't the...

The path of motherhood is filled with landmines and pitfalls. Sometimes you need an expert to help you find your way. So when experts diagnosed my eldest son John with PDD-NOS, I decided another expert was in order to offer both John ánd me some guidance. So there we were, me sitting cringing in my...