We went out on Saturday night and I didn’t have much to drink at all — I didn’t! — but I got myself to bed so late again and so, the next morning, I was hung over from pure self-made exhaustion.
M came in the room, banging the door and waking me up with a start. [...]
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Bring It
Posted in My mother, Observations of Life, Who am I?, tagged daugher, Family, humor, humour, husband, Life, mom, mother, Personal, relationships, Sleep on November 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Lying, But for the Best of Reasons
Posted in My mother, Observations of Life, tagged adult children, car, cars, Children, Family, kids, Life, mom, mother, mum, Personal, relationships on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When my mum stopped by today, I noticed her car was making a funny noise. She agreed it didn’t sound right, and then described a few other odd things it had done today. As I listened to the list of symptoms, it suddenly made sense to me and I knew, more or less, what [...]
Uncomfortable Truths
Posted in It happens to an Expat, Making our move, My mother, Observations of Life, Repatting, Who am I?, tagged Children, dad, Family, father, fatherhood, kids, Life, mom, mother, mothering, mum, Parenting, Personal, relatinships on October 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »
My husband is a pretty straightforward guy. He gets up before the birds start singing, he is on time for everything and, if you ask him a question, he’ll answer you honestly. And, as such, he has a habit of telling the truth when people ask how he likes living in the US. Every time, [...]
Rise and Fall
Posted in Gratitude, Living with Allergies, Motherhood, My mother, Observations of Life, Prayer, tagged A&E, asthma, breathing, Children, croup, ER, Family, Health, hospital, kids, Life, parenthood, Parenting, Personal on September 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This time I spotted the signs much quicker — the belly breathing; the way the base of her neck caved in on the inhale; the listlessness, so much so that she was lying flattened on the floor and wouldn’t even lift her head — and I knew what to do. My mother held her [...]
Falling into a Hole
Posted in Motherhood, My mother, Observations of Life, Who am I?, tagged Children, dentist, Family, humor, humour, kids, Life, mom, mother, mothering, mothers, mum, Parenting, relationships, teeth on July 27, 2009 | 14 Comments »
We’d been happily talking for a few minutes before I spotted the huge chip in my mum’s tooth but, once I did, I couldn’t take my eyes off it. It was a rectangular hole at the bottom of her front tooth, looking jagged and black and so strangely incongruous that it seemed to change her [...]
That’s No Moon…
Posted in Living with Allergies, Motherhood, My mother, Observations of Life, tagged allergies, Children, Family, food allergies, kids, Life, mothering, parenthood, Parenting, Personal, poo on June 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
But the thing with your daughters finally getting to eat cake — and your mother realising that she can be the source of this new joy to her granddaughters and so embracing the opportunity to make sure there is cake to be had every single day — is that you get used to them running [...]
Let Them Eat… Cake!
Posted in Living with Allergies, Motherhood, My mother, Observations of Life, tagged allergies, Children, Family, food allergies, food allergy, Life, peanut allergy, Personal on June 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
The first time I cried after E2 was diagnosed with all her allergies was in the car on the way home from the appointment. The news had come suddenly and with no real explanation and I was feeling shell-shocked. The implications her (then) eight food allergies were beginning to dawn on me… And the first [...]
The Kind of Mother My Mother Is
Posted in Motherhood, My mother, Repatting, Who am I?, tagged Children, daughter, esfp, Family, granddaughter, grandmother, intp, janet penley, kids, Life, mother, Motherhood, mothering, mothering styles, motherstyles, Myers-Briggs, Parenting, Personal on February 24, 2009 | 10 Comments »
The other week, my mother came round to babysit E1 while I took E2 to a doctor’s appointment. It was a strangely warm day and so what did my mum do the whole three hours that we were gone? She played in the garden with her granddaughter. They gathered pine cones and seedpods for the [...]
Anything You Want, Baby, We Got It All on Tap Here
Posted in My mother, Observations of Life, Who am I?, tagged Breastfeeding, daughter, extended breastfeeding, Family, Life, milk, Mommy, mother, mothering, mummy, Parenting, Personal, Sleep on February 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I was rushing things as I tried to get E2 to cooperate with being put down for her nap. My mother had come round for a couple of hours to keep the girls busy so I could make a start on the taxes, and I’d lost track of time and now they were late going [...]
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