This post appeared in my Facebook Memories this week. I felt it timely, given I’m away, raising awareness of SANE Australia and mental illness. It has been one of my most popular posts over the years, so I share it again with you … read, comment, whatever …
Tag: motherhood
If there is one thing I have been aware of during my parenting adventures, aside from the fact that WeetBix is an effective wall render, and that whilst the thought of parmesan cheese on sweet and sour pork makes me physically ill, it has no impact at all on my…
“Whinge, whinge, whinge!” “Stop complaining and do something about it!” “
One thing the school holidays teach me – and something I am perpetually reminded of – is who I am. I read in some book, somewhere along the line, the comment that “motherhood profoundly changes who you are”. I agreed. I disagree. In the first instance, becoming a mother gives…
I don’t know how you do it! Ah, a phrase I hear quite a lot. A phrase I heard from some of the other members of my First Time Mother’s Group when I started uni (my first time! I really had grown up! Or had I??), and did the odd…