parenting

-+*Being a parent is one of the most wonderful, terrifying, complicated, rewarding, challenging and crazy things you will ever do. As mum to three boys I can attest to that! I also know, as a person who has type 1 diabetes from seeing, experiencing and now looking back as a parent myself, what extra hell…

-+*I have been thinking a lot about babies the past few days. And kids. And life. And being a mum. You know, all the little things. There are lots of reasons for this. Firstly it is because my dear friend who passed away a month or so ago had a birthday on the weekend and…

-+*So apparently the quest for the “G-spot” continues. An article today at “Australian Doctor” http://www.australiandoctor.com.au/news/no-proof-of-female-g-spot- states that the female G-spot remains a “mythical location”, after an extensive literature trawl failed to definitively prove its existence. Well folks, I can tell you I have found my “G-spot” and it is not really where you would think!…

-+*Out of the mouths of babes. That really is true. I have come to realise this after having 3 lovely boys. Now aged 18 years old, 12 years old and 3 years old they have brought me joy, tears, sadness, happiness, laughter, cuddles, sticky fingers (and floors), frustration, awe, imagination, pleasure and immense love. Having…

-+*Waiting. I sometimes feel like I spend my whole life waiting. Waiting to grow up, to get my license, to leave school, leave home, leave town. Waiting to get out of bad relationships and in the the “right one”. Waiting to get married, to get pregnant, waiting for babies to be born. Waiting for kids…