Rock bottom

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…

My youngest son Pete (9) is showing al the signs of a future hypochondriac.‘Mommy, if I pull my thumb, I feel something in my neck!’ or ‘When I breath my ear feels ‘funny’. And then he looks up at me. His eyes filled with concern, but also with belief that I know the solution to…

I was taking a shower, enjoying some peace and quiet. Then my eldest son ran in, with barely concealed glee, brandishing a note. The note read: ‘Fuk’. ‘Mommy! That’s the word daddy said! I wrote it down so I could show you, because we’re not allowed to use thóse words!’ I frowned sternly, partly because…

Consider the fact that your kids are free, to mean that yóú are free too. So no more doing the laundry, or the dishes and stuff. After all: it’s yóúr vacation too! Silently expect your husband to pick up your slack. After all, if he really loves you he should know what you need from…

‘Who’s cheating who,’ sang Charly McClain. That’s exactly what I wondered when my 11 year old son told me he found out Santa Clause was just another case of the Tooth Fairy when he was 8. ‘I just didn’t tell you, because I wanted to get my presents,’ he explained. So all that time we…