Broken things are beautiful too
Isn’t that just just beautiful? I know you couldn’t sit on that chair but the way it was just sitting amongst the poppies and next to the whitewashed wall and boat just seemed perfect…I couldn’t have arranged it any better.
In a world where beauty is a certain look – botoxed foreheads, trout pout lips, … Read more
In Praise of Football
This is a blog I never thought I would write.
I was going to have daughters. As a rampant feminist in my 20s I had ordered girl children only. I was going to be colouring in butterflies with gel pens, going to ballet classes, and brushing hair into plaits. I can do all of these … Read more
Eating my words: epic fail on the raising teenage boy front
So there I was …writing about the eclipse and how we need to be giving our young people the opportunity for direct learning in schools and now I’m eating humble pie…again.
Friday night found us in the village hall playing bingo with lots of other families to raise money for the community playground which is … Read more
Happy Mothers day Mums
This is unashamedly in praise of other mothers..thank you so much for being there.
Teresa was there to look after me when I was pregnant and home alone from Spain when my own house was rented out.
Suzanne gave me all her baby clothes, some handknitted by her nan. I used her baby bath and … Read more
Independence, compromise and collaboration
Spring has come which is why the rainbows are visiting our early morning wall paper..beautiful.
I don’t know if you have this in your relationships, especially with your significant others, but we seem to struggle with getting the balance right between what each of individually needs and what the group called ‘family’ needs.
When we … Read more
Responsible (response-able)
The last blog was all about power, control and responsibility.
Which then got me thinking about that word ‘responsible’
Response able
Able to respond.
Doh…I’d not thought of it like that before.
- So what does ‘being able to respond’ mean to you?
Able to respond to someone else.
Responding to someone else is different from … Read more
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