We are now halfway through January. It may be clichéd, but I genuinely cannot believe how quickly the days are flying by. Soon it’ll be a month since Christmas Day and then it’ll be the second month of the…
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No amount of anxiety can change the future. No amount of regret can change the past. – Karen Salmansohn To anyone who reads my blog or knows me well, the fact I suffer from anxiety will not come as…
“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” Robert Swan If you read yesterday’s blog, you will know how guilty I feel buying new items of clothing and the immense satisfaction I get…
The water bill came yesterday. The electricity letter came today. I am in shock. In a year, our water usage has increased dramatically. Yes, we do now have seven people sometimes using water in our house, but some days,…
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8th January – Time for a Swim
“Swimming is a confusing sport, because sometimes you do it for fun, and other times you do it not to die.” Demetri Martin Swimming is a skill that I have always wanted to ensure my children have. Imogen was…
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” William Shakespeare Today marks a whole week of 2020 – how did that happen so quickly? It does not seem like five seconds since we were…
“A Sunday well spent brings a week of content.” Proverb I love this proverb. It speaks to me. Unfortunately, as much as I have tried today, I simply cannot shrug off the horrid Sunday blues. In reality, I should…
How many of us adults read for pleasure? I love to read, but do sometimes struggle to find the time to do so. Reading is more than being able to say the words from the page out loud; it’s about…
How many of us share the same memory of sitting in a primary classroom every maths lesson chanting through the times tables? How many of us still remember them? Back in my school days, maths was far from my favourite…
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The Unhealthy Obsession with Babies Sleeping through the Night
I would be willing to place a bet on every single one of us parents having been asking the following two questions: Is he/she good? Does he/she sleep through the night? If you didn’t get asked these questions, you…
