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Tag Archives: parentingAfterlife‘Muuu-uuum, was your name Sash when you were a kid? That’s a silly name for a kid!’ ‘Yep, thatView full post » Dear BoDear Bo, Yesterday you turned four. When you woke up you whispered in my ear, ‘I feel very different todayView full post » practicing in publicI often talk to people about the pressure for perfection. I experience it every day in the landscape of my own mind.View full post » Forever“I’ll love you forever Bo.” “No you won’t. One day you will be dead.” LongView full post » Those daddies“Some daddies live with there babies, hey mama?” Yes, that’s right. Some do, some don’t. EveryView full post » Sing with me.“Mama, when you sing you have to put your voice inside my voice..” “You mean sing together? Both ofView full post » The little things…To say I was having a rough week, would have been a great understatement. I set up my study a few weeks ago, finallyView full post » Tea to meditate to.“Drink your tea slowly and reverently, as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves – slowly, evenly, withoutView full post » When you grow up“When I grow up I’m going to be a princess farmer fairy… what are you going to be when you grow upView full post » Joy“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.” ― Thích NhấtView full post » Happy“Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.” ― A.AView full post » You are not poor.If you are reading this, there is a pretty good chance that you are not poor. Some days you may feel poor. You may evenView full post » The inconsistent mother.I have heard one thing over and over again throughout my parenting journey. Children thrive on consistency. There areView full post » Limitless.“You have brains in your head You have feet in your shoes You can steer yourself in any direction you choose” ― Dr.View full post » Do what I say, not what I do…I’m absolutely gutted and horrified by Australia’s new anti-asylum seeker “policies,” itView full post » Weaning hell.I’ve been trying to wean Bo for over a month now, or is it two? I can’t keep track. I’m struggling. IView full post » Fostering creativity: Play for play’s sake.All you have to do is walk down a toy aisle in a department store to see an overwhelming amount of toys that areView full post » Fostering creativity: encouraging imaginative play.Is there anything more magical than the imagination of a child? I remember vividly some of the most beautiful momentsView full post » When things don’t change…When we were in Noosa, so was my husband. He was there realising one of his biggest dreams. Experiencing his holyView full post » Women and Babies…Making babies is a right of passage for a woman. In past lives we would have gathered together around the birth of aView full post » Breaking the silence: On being a single parent.My husband had an affair, but long before he did this he made choices that kept him away from us. Right from the veryView full post » This ring is round it has no end, and that’s how long you’ll be my friend.A friend of mine wrote this title in my end-of-year friendship book (did you have one of those? I still have mine)View full post » Peace out mama… I was just messing with ya.So it would seem my baby is no longer a baby. She is a havoc-wreaking, hellish toddler already… hiding things inView full post » This small town life…It’s been a beautiful, long, exhausting week. With my 92 year old grandfather and Aunt arriving from Canada toView full post » Feminism is not a dirty word.I am a feminist. There I said it. Loud and proud. And I don’t know why you wouldn’t be. I know lots ofView full post » Don’t hate the haters… hate the game.In this past week I lost something that is (was) to me a safe place. Yes it may have been on the internet… andView full post » Being great… and admitting it.It has been a very hard few weeks. Months. Year. I have struggled. I still struggle. Searching for a peace within itView full post » This Village Life…There are no more words necessary. Just pictures, of this village life… We will return to this beautifulView full post » Rock the boat baby.I’m all for political correctness (when it comes to being respectful of other people – the rest of it IView full post » Dear Bo,Dear Bo, Today you are six months old. The past six months seem to have flown by, but at the same time it feels likeView full post » On being a “beautiful” girl (or boy).Over a year ago now, Lisa Bloom wrote this very provocative piece on beauty, the female psyche and her opinion on howView full post » Why we wear our baby.Ever since Bo was a teeny tiny baby, we have worn her. Wrapped tightly up against my body, newborn Bo spent most ofView full post » Looking inward for trust.I’ve been reading a lot about the natural parenting “movement” – I hate to call it a movementView full post » That moment when you realise you know nothing at all.It was about this moment that I realised… I know nothing. I was a determined teenager. I moved out of home at 16.View full post » Parenting labels… what’s the deal?I dont understand parenting labels. I don’t understand them at all. People say to me, oh so your an attachmentView full post » Our birth story.I’ve spent many hours, days, months thinking about the day[s] that Bo made the journey into this world.View full post » Sometimes traveling really is JUST about the destination.I’ve always said that traveling is as much about the journey as it is about the destination. And most of theView full post » Home-made baby bath bomb perfection.Some may call it poor planning, others ingenuity, but whichever way you see the journey, here we are. Yesterday we ranView full post » This village life.I’m not quite sure how it happened, but here we are again at the end of another week. Ever since Bo graced usView full post » A bum in cloth.cute, soft and enviro-happy… Bo in one of her 2nd hand Itti Bitti’s I never thought that I would beView full post » |