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It’s a parenting milestone… It’s what we aim for… It’s our longing and our hearts desire… Independent, confident, self-assured and secure children… I have heard the words before, in other contexts, but yesterday I was reminded again of the weight these carry in a parent’s soul, and of the vital importance in how we react […]

The lessons children teach us… The powerful reminders they share with us… Two weeks ago was one such occasion. My six year old, Christian, had woken up and dressed himself before racing excitedly into my bedroom… I sat under my feather duvet, still sipping my morning cup of coffee in my pyjamas. He seemed excited, […]

Sometimes our children force us to confront parts about ourselves we would rather not acknowledge… rather not see… If we are open to learning, they teach us vitally important truths about the world… about ourselves… every single day… A few months ago, I had spent the evening making sugar scrub as a part of a […]

My son, Christian, woke up at around 6:15 on Sunday morning (there’s no lying in when you have an early riser in the house- and that was actually late for him!) I went and jumped into bed with him like I sometimes do in the mornings, and we got chatting about the bike park, tractors, […]

Hairdressing salons are places where some pretty deep conversations can take place. Last week, whilst there, my hairdresser and I fell into conversation about rising rate of chronic and terminal illnesses among the people we know and how their message seems to always be the same- live life now, don’t wait. She relayed the story […]

Over the past few weeks, our community has been rocked by various deeply tragic incidents in which lives, too young, have been taken. As a parent, it’s at times like these that I reflect on the fragility of life and the importance of telling our children every single day that we love them. When they […]