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Category Archives: Family
Grams
My Grams, a stay-at-home mother of seven, found herself a widow when her oldest was barely twelve and her youngest a little over six months old. Far away from her own family, she did something completely unheard of for her … Continue reading
Things Thing says
It isn’t the saying ‘no’ that’s hard. Or watching her cry. Or staying firm through a tantrum. Keeping a straight face – that’s the hardest. “Tell, tell, plicklee tell.” “Mahm, I am becoming a vegetarian tomorrow.” “What are you today?” … Continue reading
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Tagged ABCs, avengers, Bollywood, Bono, child, Children, conversations, crocodiles, Daler Mehndi, funny girl, funny threats, gummy bears, joke thing, kids say funny things, Kittens, mind games, motherhood, parenting, presents, priorities, Ranjit, siblings, thing, yaard, zero
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Be brave, be amazing.
My darling little big girl, Today is your first day at big girl school. Your knapsack is all packed with your water bottle, your wee snack box and raincoat. When your school said you couldn’t have a bag with Baby … Continue reading
The Mommy Wars
I am more than a little annoyed as I write this post. Scratch that. I am extremely annoyed. I came back from work a few hours ago, bone tired. It’s been a long week, and since V is away at … Continue reading
My child’s spirit is just as important as her physical health.
My little Thing has been unwell. Turns out what seemed to be an innocuous summer stomach bug is actually a pretty awful bout of food poisoning. The last couple of days have been high drama – a little girl who’s … Continue reading
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Tagged child, florence nightingale, hospital, medicine, pediatrician, spirit, stomach bug
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Of faeries and small girls
Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery hand in hand The world’s more full of weeping than you can understand. The Stolen Child W. B. Yeats
When I’m with you it’s alright.
A couple of weeks ago, someone in my little girl’s universe told her a story about giants that stole naughty children. Like most soon-to-be 4 year olds, she can imagine herself into just about any scenario, so nothing could be … Continue reading
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Tagged beautiful song, christine mcvie, fleetwood mac, little monkey, mama song, naughty children, Songbird
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You’re the reason I’m me.
My gorgeous, scatter brained, naive, innocent, huggable, fiery Tinku. I came up with Tinku. You were so upset. You hated it. So you countered with revenge names. We acted all indignant so you wouldn’t feel bad, but we laughed about it … Continue reading
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There’s this man I know
There’s this man I know. He’s a man of few words, this man. Every word measured. Every word worthy of absolute attention. He has a wicked sense of humour. It can cut, but it never wounds. He thinks it’s his … Continue reading
