At times I feel a lot like Elsa, from Disney’s Frozen. Conceal – Don’t Feel. Being a mum is hard work. I love being a mum – well most of the time anyway. There are times when I don’t like being a mum and despair at the role like when I have a moody 9 year old, a bored 5 year old who says I don’t want to to every suggestion I make and a 3 year old having a meltdown – all at the same time. Even if it’s done separately it can quite cause me to tear my …
Dear Weatherperson, Thank you so much for listening to our pleas. The sun is out. Glorious sunshine. Blinding sunshine. Scorching heat. Parching heat. So could we please lessen up on the sunshine and have some rain? Why am I complaining? This is what I have been longing for all through winter and spring. And now that it’s here – in all its full glory, I have decided I like cloud cover! Isn’t that the same cloud that brings with it rain? The same rain that plagued us for over 6 months and we could not get rid off…till now!! It’s …
I was definitely looking forward to the weekend – I was going to be away for 1 night (only) from my kids and the house and the mess and the crying and the squabbling and the telltale(ing) and everything else. Bliss!! I was actually looking forward to the Tube journey alone, the train journey alone and the weekend away alone. Well, not really alone but I was going to visit relatives up north, out in the country – but with no young children. I could actually plug in my earphones and listen to music in peace – without sharing one …