Parenting – Life by the Word

Dear Diary – Covid-19 reflections, and homemade bread

In New Zealand we are now 10 days into our country-wide lockdown. I feel the need to reflect here in

How do we make sense of our new world? How do we make the most of it? How do we

It’s not my fault! I didn’t do it! He did this, he did that, he made me do it! You

My middle child, eldest boy turned 12 today. From being blue and not breathing at birth, to being a tall,

Sigh. End of January. That means the summer holidays (for us in New Zealand) are done. Actually with the funny

As I prepared for my daughter’s 13th party last month, I smiled as I saw glimpses of a girl who

Sitting in the quietness the other evening, the realisation hit me…in a handful of days we will officially have a

I found this piece I wrote 8 years ago. Back then I had a 5 year old, 3.5yr old and