Have you ever thought much about what life is like for mothers in underdeveloped countries? You know from your own experience, that motherhood life isn’t the easiest thing. But, believe me, you cannot begin to imagine how it is for women who do not have everyday luxuries. The things we just assume, are like gold: clean […]
It’s not hard to dread crazy school holidays. But hang on. What do you do with that thought? Hands up! “Do you love school holidays?” We’re in the middle of the summer school holiday period in the Southern Hemisphere. So the question today is: “Do you love school holidays?” What about crazy school holidays? Do you love […]
Our guest blogger this week is Jan Murray, reflecting on Grandmothers helping Mothers. Is it a case of pure baby bliss? Or is it a family melt-down? Well, at very least, let’s avoid the melt-down! Jan Murray is a registered Midwife and a Child and Family Health nurse. She is passionate about seeing young families flourish […]
Unsurprisingly, it’s the little things that take you by surprise. Too late you discover the things you didn’t teach your kids. This is one area where it’s easy to feel like you need parenting help! Like when you realize in the middle of a wedding ceremony your son doesn’t know how to whisper, and suddenly everyone knows he […]
Most people glean their birth story, or “birth song”. Mostly, it happens incidentally, in small snatches. However, it’s only when you look back that you discover how important those words were. Here is what happened when I found out a part of my birth story. A birthday, and a memory My eighth birthday arrived the first […]
Pornography is one of the big unspoken topics in this internet era. Absolutely! You know about it, but rarely talk about it. And rarely mention its effect on people. I recently finished watching the gripping Series 3 of Broadchurch on Netflix, and sadly, most of the crimes committed were attributed to porn-watching. So how do mothers protect […]
How did Anna know what to do with her screaming baby? By trusting her motherly intuition – and with a little help from her Mamma! Sleep? Who needs sleep? Anna is a friend of mine whose baby, Charlotte, is just three months old. Even though Anna is a medical doctor, being a first-time mum is […]
For Life Hack 3 it has to be said: Sometimes all you can do is PRAY. Alice and I walked in to the high-end shoe shop, with a tinkle of the bell echoing through the store. “Can I help you?” The attendant was keen. “We’re looking for some shoes for a school formal,” my request […]
Sometimes there are things we mothers keep very quiet. Like when we have a parenting fail. It’s so hard to admit our mistakes, and yet it happens. Like it or not, keeping up appearances is instinctive. And usually wrong. Here’s one incident which I never confessed to any of my motherly friends. I was so […]
Mary, the Mother of Jesus, can be credited for the Christmas story told in churches around the globe over the next week. And we know the story because it’s recorded in the Bible. In fact, the one who wrote her story down makes mention that, “Mary treasured up these things”. Mary remembered what happened and kept […]