the one thing your child needs

sunset, mum and son, travel, Philippines

It comes like this – a student academic report, downloadable from the parent portal at our school, and I can feel it. The clench of anxiety. I’ve done the school mum thing for two-and-a-half years, the fear lessens every year, but I’ll never forget the first semester. What will it say? What will the grades … Read more the one thing your child needs

day 9: words of life

This post is day 9. New to the series? Start here. And if you want hundreds of other great 31 Days topics, you can find them here. A child’s world comes apart quite literally in transition. The train track is taken apart and put in a box, the bed dismantled and wrapped in paper. There … Read more day 9: words of life

day 8: expect and accept negative emotions

This post is day 8. New to the series? Start here. And if you want hundreds of other great 31 Days topics, you can find them here. So you’ve felt angry, the grief overwhelms you at times, there is an unexplicable sadness in your heart when you think about your losses, and then what? How … Read more day 8: expect and accept negative emotions