My son came home today with a bleeding lip. I thought it was a fist fight, but it turned out it wasn't one. The funny thing is that nobody hit him. He ducked away from a fist and caught his lip on the corner of a chair. That
How do you strike the balance? On one side, you want to spend time with your children now and make the most of every experience before they're too old for some of them. That might mean getting into debt now and paying it off later. On the other
I was thinking about how full our trolley is every time we go food shopping, and the bill at the checkout isn't small either. Somehow, by the day before our next shop, the fridge is empty apart from a few sauces. How do we eat so much? It
Two years ago I wrote a list of everything I wanted, and I've now achieved sixteen of those twenty things. By the end of this month, I think I'll be at nineteen. The Twentieth Thing The last item is the one I'm furthest from.
About two years ago, I left my full-time job and became self-employed. I also promised myself it would be the last time I was ever unemployed. Around then, I wrote down a list of the things I was working towards. There were about twenty of them. Today I
I've decided to do an experiment: what happens if you live the life you want for a month? What would it actually cost in terms of time and money? I'm on day 10 out of 30, and so far, I've taken some time to
Have you ever felt a bit of resentment towards a child? I think every mom has felt this, no matter how their child is. It's harder when your child is older because you have more expectations for them, thinking they understand empathy and gratefulness better. So this happened
Secrets—it's such a tricky topic, isn’t it? We’ve all told white lies and little fibs, so who are we to say that people shouldn’t lie or keep secrets? We want our kids to be open with us, so we tell them they need to
Today marked the second time in four months that I've consoled a grieving wife who's just lost her husband. These episodes are the first I've encountered in my 30-plus years, and it's strange to think how close together they were. It
Let's talk about friendships. Recently, because we've been staying home a lot, my son has been getting to know kids in the local area. He doesn’t usually mix with them since we used to go out a lot, spending most evenings at home during the
Sometimes weekend activities feel a bit too structured. You know, you don't have time to just do whatever you want. You can't just chill because there's always an agenda: we're doing this, then we're doing that. It's very
What do you usually talk about during dinner? Sometimes, if dinner isn't structured, it can get a bit boring. You know, like when nobody talks about anything, and it just turns monotonous. Everyone just ends up saying the same thing—'How's your day? Good. How&