Mid-morning yesterday, my mother brought me a cup of tea, and my daughters brought their beaming smiles. “Mummy! Mummy! We’ve made you a card!” Ah, now, this is what you want when you’re not well — a nice cuppa, delivered to your bedside. And this is what you envision when you become a mother — [...]
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Sympathy from the Little Devils
Posted in Motherhood, My mother, Observations of Life, tagged Children, Family, funny, get well, humor, humour, illness, kids, Life, mothering, parenthood, Personal on February 17, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Early To Bed and Other Impossibilites
Posted in Motherhood, My mother, Observations of Life, Who am I?, tagged bed, Children, Family, kids, Life, mothering, parenthood, Parenting, Personal, Sleep on January 15, 2010 | 9 Comments »
I will be in bed in seven minutes. I need to go to bed in seven minutes because in seven minutes it will tomorrow, and tomorrow I need to start the day bright-eyed and raring to go. Tomorrow I need to exercise first, maybe even before the children get up, have my shower, eat my [...]
Dirty Like This
Posted in Living with Allergies, Motherhood, My mother, Observations of America, Observations of Life, tagged Children, Family, funny, humor, humour, kids, Life, mothering, Parenting, Personal, poo, potty training, SAHM, toddler, toilet training on January 4, 2010 | 4 Comments »
When we first moved into this house, we debated about ripping the carpets up and finishing the hardwood floors. I knew they were diamonds in the rough. I wanted to do it — really, really wanted to do it — but everyone else was against it. M thought we didn’t have the money to spend [...]
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 »
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 [...]
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 was [...]
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 on [...]
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 [...]
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