How do you be a better Friend, Colleague, or for that matter, Mother to your adult children? In the photo above, I’m with the other girls in my family. We are all good friends. I’ve been very intentional about this. Friendship doesn’t “just happen”! I’ve discovered the world has two types of people. And both […]
Last year, the Sydney Morning Herald came up with this interesting question: “What if a mother suspects she has made a horrible mistake having children?” As a result, the popular news-current affairs TV show The Project screened a similar piece about “motherhood regret” a few days later.
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 […]
My little daughter left for primary school one morning, after a big battle over something. I can’t even remember what it was now. We parted with the problem unresolved, unhappy words on our lips and clouds over our heads. It was such an angry goodbye. I couldn’t believe what she was saying! All day I felt awful […]
Two Different Relationship Types I love doing stuff, making things, and being on time. My friend prefers talking, catching up, chatting and being in a good relationship with people. Why are we so different? Over the years I’ve spent a lot of time with several great girlfriends. We have children about the same age, who’ve […]
The overwhelming realization when your first baby arrives is this: That despite all the books you read, the ante-natal classes you attended, the YouTube videos you watched, or the online research you did – you have no idea what you are doing. And it’s very tempting to ask, “Hey! Where is my parenting manual?” And that’s the […]