It’s not always gloom and doom and introspection around here. I took the boys to the Ballarat Show on the weekend and this is what happened: I just love the looks on their faces. And wish that I’d gone on the ride, too. When we got home, this happened: My big boy being silly in […]
Control freak
Tonight, as every night, I feel myself get more and more anxious as the boys’ bed time approaches. They get more and more rambunctious the closer it gets to bed time. Some strange need to to expel all that energy before sleep takes them. “Why do they make me so anxious?”, I wonder. I’ve […]
A week of rest
My mother forbade me from doing any housework. A friend told me I really needed a rest and breather. My mind tells me I’m lazy and apathetic. My body refuses to do anything but sleep, eat and watch Sons of Anarchy. Yes, it’s my once-a-term child-free week. I didn’t have many plans, but I thought […]
A family like ours
I constantly question my parenting and wonder what kind of family I am making for my boys. Am I too tough, too soft, too shouty, too boring, too uninterested? Yesterday, at Macdonalds, my younger son said to me, “Look mum, a family like ours.” It was a mum with two boys, both in high school […]
OK, so I have some dreams
I think I’ve been short changing myself. As I’ve sat here and contemplated my lack of dreams, read other people’s posts from the conference, I realised that I was wrong. I have a longing for travel. My fondest childhood memories are of travelling and exploring. Whether spending holidays with my grandmother in the country, a […]
