I’ve lost count of the myriad fails I have performed since I became a parent. To be honest, many of them now barely, if ever, enter my mind. I merely go along my merry way, barely flickering an eyelid at the misdemeanours I leave in my wake. It is indeed from these minor misdemeanours to…
A Sign of … Intelligence?
When one enrols children into a range of extra-curricular activities, one commits to a level of involvement. This involvement will vary from family to family, and may range from sitting on the couch and uttering “Hey, don’t you have ballet/drumming/football/drawing/something class tonight?” to acting as a taxi/uber driver/chauffeur to being full-hands on, volunteering, being heavily…
Nine-Year-Old Forced to Fend for Self and Cook Own Dinner
It was a night not unlike other nights over the past lots of years. A night not unlike one many, many women (and men) with children across the globe face more regularly than they’d care to acknowledge. This particular night had the added bonus of being Halloween, whereby we: a) Had absolutely nothing prepared, even…
About Me: A Review
I have been pondering this blog for a long time, out of my sheer neglect of it. It – Diary – has been on my mind a lot. Daily. It has, over many years, been my saviour, an outlet for the things on my mind, and for my love of writing. I know for some…
Why I Won’t Be Putting a Heart on My Wall or Praying for World Peace
We’re up to, hmmm … let me think … about the 6th or 7th year of this ‘campaign’ to put a heart, and only a heart, as a Facebook status update as a wait to ‘raise awareness’ of breast cancer. There have been other iterations; something about the colour bra you’re wearing, or some statement…