What shall we do about screen time?

What shall we do about screen time?

by | Jun 14, 2018 | parenting

What shall we do about screen time?  I don’t know.  I am caught between it will rot their brains and it’s just something that we have to embrace because it’s ‘part of the world they are growing up in.’  I mean, I don’t want my kids...
Choosing rhythm, losing balance

Choosing rhythm, losing balance

by | May 18, 2018 | Life lessons

I was chatting to another mom recently.  An inspiring sort of mom, the kind who looks effortlessly stylish with a mom bun, kid on hip and locally-made leather handbag strung over her shoulder.  She mentioned that she chooses rhythm over balance.  This was a cool...
Dear first child, dear second child

Dear first child, dear second child

by | May 5, 2018 | parenting

I wrote this a little while back shortly after having my second child, my daughter Raphaela.  I enjoyed reading it now, a couple of years later, to remind myself of that very special (crazy) season and all of the emotions that I was going through.  I think any mom who...
Being a girl, raising a girl

Being a girl, raising a girl

by | Apr 12, 2018 | Life lessons, parenting

My son asked me yesterday, “Mom, do you like being a girl?” I like being me.  I have journeyed to this point, having endured the insecurities of being an adolescent girl, the compromising, quietness of being a young grown up girl and the feisty assertiveness of being...