Honouring Our Elders

Since hearing about a dear neighbour’s death, I’ve felt very sad and upset, I don’t know if I can express why but I’m willing to give it a go as in his passing we loose much more than the amazing person he was. He was a fine man; kind, passionate, hard-working, incredibly knowledgable, patient, and fun-loving among a host of other qualities and his passing will I’m sure touch many lives around the world. He tirelessly worked away on projects and...

Simple Pleasures

An eclectic mix this week: Linking up with: Wordless Wednesday and My Little Drummer Boys You might also like:Another Simple Card Idea (Mar 15, 2013) Last Minute Card Making (Mar 15, 2013) Last Minute Present for a 3 Year Old (Mar 15, 2013)

Better Breakfast Brigade

 Thanks to my CFS/ME I’ve been learning just how important it is to keep our blood sugars balanced. Feeding our children cereal, toast ( especially white bread) with jam, chocolate spread or marmalade or any other so-called breakfast option is doing them a disservice. I am tempted to say abusing them. Yes, strong words, but honestly we worry about them crossing roads, encountering drugs, stranger danger while “safe” at home we feed them the...

If we are like trees then……..

As I continue my journey parenting teenage twins and my ongoing dialogue about screen time, I have found an idea forming which is incredibly helpful to me. It is enabling me to get a clearer picture about what is going on and my part in it. It may be obvious to some of you but for me it’s a sort of coming together of many ideas, experiments and frustrations into something tangible and useable in my everyday encounters with teendom. Suppose your child...

Simple Pleasures

                                        Linking up with: Wordless Wednesday My Little Drummer Boys       You might also like:Gift from the Heart (Feb 21, 2013) Present Idea for Women – A Sugar Scrub (Feb 19, 2013) I could cry (Feb 16, 2013)

Why we need a break?

  We need a break so we can think straight, reflect, gather ourselves, plan and prepare, get things straightened out, remember who we are as well as a host of other reasons. But why do we have to get it by plugging our beautiful children into screens? Apart from fear of letting them go outside, which I’ve written about here, I think we’ve lost our communities, our village of friends, relatives and neighbors which we need to raise a child. Too...