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Interview with my children (2017)

I've interviewed my children for this blog three times now. That makes it an official tradition, right? Time to do it again. Here is the 2017 edition of Interview with my children. --- What is the best thing about having me as your ...

Of rocky roads and rock solid relationships

It's tough, the world. It tries to shake me. It tries to hurt me. It tries to break me. I'm ready, I think. I know all the traps. I know all the holes. I know all the gaps. I'm here, you say. Whatever life serves. Whatever's thrown at ...

The glass

I've had a really rough start to 2017. Really rough. I've avoided posting here. I've still been writing: I've written poems, prose and scribble. I've written pages, paragraphs and post-it notes. But I've not shared them here (with the exception of ...

Sibling rivalry

My kids will compete about anything. ANYTHING. And everything. EVERYTHING. I did some research of the Facebook variety ('research', if you prefer), and it seems my kids are not alone in this. Kids will compete over who is first to click ...

2016’s greatest hits

It is nearly the end of December. It is nearly the end of December. One more time for the people up the back: IT IS NEARLY THE END OF DECEMBER. Holy cow. What a year, huh? The world went nuts. NUTS. Satirists and comedians had a great ...

Interview with my children

Two years ago, I brought you Interview with a toddler. Last year, I shook things up with Interview with a pre-schooler (the dad edition). This year, I interviewed both of my children. At the same time. There were laughs. There was lots of talk ...

The week my six-year-old was my stylist

My daughter is a little fashionista. She constantly asks to choose my outfits. I have let her do so before, in January of this year and in August of last year. So after weeks (months) of saying, "Soon, soon," I had to let her at it again. Last ...

Strobe (National Stroke Week 12-18 September 2016)

When I was nine years old, my family bought a VCR. We were so excited, so fascinated. It had a remote control! And the remote control had lots of buttons! So very many buttons! Our favourite button was labelled STROBE. If you pressed it, it ...

Amazing Daddy – Rachel Bright (book review)

Community service announcement: there are just two weeks and two days until Father's Day. (In Australia.) Earlier this week, I shared some of the presents we've already gotten my husband. (It's okay. No spoiler alert. He already knows.) But ...

Father’s Day simplified

This post is sponsored by Bright Star Kids. Last month, I asked my husband what he wanted for Father's Day. After careful deliberation, he turned to me and said one word. "Socks." I waited for him to elaborate, whether to add to the list of things ...