Category Archives: Learning & Growing

Moving Forward

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

I haven’t been here for a while. A hell of a lot can happen in a year. I now have a business and I am once again a single mum, in the full sense of the phrase. My son and I had … Continue reading →

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Climbing Higher

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

We’ve barely been to the park all winter until this week. He’s learned to climb while I haven’t been watching. Higher and higher he went, more and more daring his stunts, testing the apparatus, using it in ways it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Second Chances

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

My son once walked into the middle of the road in front of a car. He was two years old. I only took my eyes off him for a moment, but a moment is all it takes for a child … Continue reading →

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Leaps and Bounds

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

Thats me playing netball and thats him, my boy, cheering me on. I love these little surprises he comes home from school with. He “wrote” me a shopping list last week, and draws a lot of pictures of his teddies. … Continue reading →

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What it all comes down to

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Watching your child grow up: Heartbreaking elation

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Little Entrepreneur

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

His latest invention: A family bike. For Mummy, Daddy and all the kids to pedal together. There are optional stabilisers which attach on with velcro for the really little kids and just in case it rains, it has a hood … Continue reading →

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Five

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

Its been a hectic week, but so enjoyable and filled with such excitement. A brilliant party. Cake making. Cake eating. Presents that just keep coming. Thankyou letter writing. On his birthday, he told anyone who would listen “I’m five now”, … Continue reading →

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That extra three and a half hours

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

Truth be told, I thought starting school would be harder for him and easier for me. Who was I kidding? When people ask me how he’s getting on, I answer “just fine”. I tell them how he loves going in … Continue reading →

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To My Son – On Your First Day Of School

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

Off you went this morning, with hardly a glance backwards, to grow and learn and discover all on your own. “You’re going to have so much fun” I said, and I didnt mean just today, I meant in your life. … Continue reading →

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Teacher Gifts

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

J finished preschool this week. It was happy and sad all at once, seeing how much he has grown in so many ways over less than a year, but having to leave behind the wonderful teachers who have helped him … Continue reading →

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