I am so so mad

Today at school, an 11-year-old, not very tall, really kind of shy, very very sweet, naive and unassuming, inoffensive little girl, hit the concrete after a big boy, taller than her Mum, taller than her Dad, much much taller than her, decided it would be a good idea to just stick his leg out as [...]

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The post that will change your life (cough)

Imagine, a formula that will save you not only money but time, energy, water and even blushes. You can’t can you? You get as far as a fuzzy image of a watch and a lightbulb and then it all goes kersploosh. Thank Bob you have me, although part of me doesn’t want to reveal [...]

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Inside the head of a four year old

We’re driving home from another busy day.  We’ve seen friends and family, been to the park, shopped, and had lunch at a nearby pub, me and my girls.   As we wend our way through shiny puddled streets, I glance in the mirror.  Miss E is sat back in her chair, eyes fixed on her window [...]

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Good thoughts, prayers and reiki needed please

Miss M has a friend over this afternoon and all is going well.  I can’t write much today though as on her second day at school my little niece has fallen and bumped her head and been taken to hospital with a possible concussion.  She’s been violently sick and is struggling to stay awake so we’re [...]

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Bedtime Revelations

The things Miss M reveals to me at bedtime often make me laugh.  Sometimes I think it’s delay tactics, you know, that thing that all kids do to grant themselves a few more minutes of your company.  It’s kind of cool when you think about it.  I mean, this person is manipulating a situation so [...]

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