Analyzing the joys and funny bits of parenting and the domestic life
This morning I woke up to nice clear day. The sun was shining. The birds were (presumably) singing. I noted that the house was quiet, and I decided that I had the time for a quick shower before getting the kids up. As I was stood under the warm spray of water, enjoying the floral [...]
Thirteen years ago this week I gave up my status as a mademoiselle and became a madame. In other words, I got married, and although I can’t claim that everything has been a bed of roses, we’re still together and weathering the bumps of life the best way we know how. I was a young [...]
Many years ago, a woman I knew told me that she had filled ten photo albums with photographs depicting the first year of her first born child, but had barely managed to complete one photo album for the same time frame for her second child. I remember sitting there listening to the story, filled with [...]
When my son, K, was a little over a year old he had an obsession with throwing every book on the shelf onto the floor, and then ripping those books into shreds if he could manage it before we stopped him. As he grew a little older, he moved onto taking everything out of whatever [...]
