My quintessential mothering question

I am not sure I am cut out for this motherhood business.
I am pretty sure I am perfectly capable of meeting the needs of one child at a time, but put all three together and my mothering abilities plummet.
When I am with one of my kids, I feel engaged, focused… I can implement [...]

Spooky!

The week prior to Rogers accident, I was obesessed with this song by Jeff Buckley. Technically, it is about him breaking up with someone, but for me it kept reminding me of my mum and the day she died, and the lyric ‘This is our Last Goodbye’ was playing over in my head [...]

No power…!?!

On Wednesday it was a stormy, stormy day. The girls were at school and Mr J and I were pottering around, doing our usual thing when the power went out. Oh great.
No lights. No music.
No TV- no Pooh Bear….!
No Coffee Machine!!!
No Internet! Facebook! Forums! Blog!
AAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What are we [...]

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My Parenting Checklist

Yesterday I caught up with two of my wonderful friends for breakfast, and we discussed many things, one being that we don’t really know what it is we want for ourselves, or for our children in the long term. This conversation has got me thinking about what I am hoping to instil into my [...]

THE phone call

It was the phone call you don’t want to receive, ever. Actually, I would imagine it is the phone call you don’t want to have to make either.
“Shereen, I don’t want you to panic, but Roger has been hit by a car…”
I had been wasting time on my computer when Mel rang, and when [...]

Two Milestones for Krista

Today was a day of milestones for Krista.
First, she lost her top front tooth, which has been hanging pricariously for a few weeks now.

Then, we took her to a park and finally got her riding her bike without trainer wheels! Yes, we are totally slack parents- and it took all of five minutes. [...]

I had a dream

I had a dream a couple of nights ago. I usually think that dreams reveal an underlying significant theme, and this one has me bothered. It is one of those dreams that is stuck in my mind.
In it, I was sitting with my two girls, in a lounge room. we were all [...]

Laila Wisdom for today

After I picked Laila up today, she said to me ‘Mum, sometimes my head tells me to do stuff, and my heart tells me not to.’
Gobsmacked at her wisdom and spiritual insight, I quietly felt proud of this evolved little soul, one who knows herself in a way that many of us don’t even as [...]

Apparently I am the best mum

I was helping Laila to clean her room this morning, and in order to coax her to help me I asked her to do something by calling her ‘Angel Cakes’. She laughed and corrected me, requesting ‘Laila Lolly Legs’. I told her that I couldn’t call her Laila Lolly Legs as that was [...]