A friend suggested I write a blog about being a Mother. What came out of my fingers was nothing short of surprising…

Breaking point…

Miss Z has broken up with me. I think it was a long time coming… probably ever since I gave up on her, when she was 12, and sent her to live with Dad in another country. In my defence, I couldn’t handle her rebel behaviour, verbal and physical abuse, the complete lack of respect, etc. But of course one…

A dreaded call…

There’s so many different calls you hope you will never get as a Mother.  Today I got one of those. And all things considered, it was one of the possibilities that I could cope with, with some level of calm.  My eldest Ms Z calls me in a panic and puts her (new) boyfriend on. “Hi! We have a big…

Can you quit the Mom job?

I already feel like I’m a failure as a Mom most days, on account of the fact that I couldn’t handle my eldest daughter and her very strong will to battle every single ounce of authority that I tried to exert on her. And when I say battle, I mean that literally, as I experienced all sorts of verbal and…

Miss you…

There’s several quotes about the number of times you die. Some say it’s twice, some say it’s three times.  I prefer the one that says that we all die 3 times. Once is a physical death. Second is when the last person who remembers us forgets/dies. The third is when anything we create is lost or forgotten.  My Mom died…

Happy New Twenty Three

A new year starting always brings with it the realm of possibilities.  We make resolutions, we set goals, we make plans. We book the next holiday 😉  It also allows us to look back and reflect on the year just ended.  2022 was a difficult year. For so many people, for so many reasons… In my personal life, not having my…

Heatwave…

It happens for about 5 minutes each year. In fact, if you blink, you’ll miss it. But in those 5 minutes, a lot can happen. And so, as if the stresses of every day life, the war in Ukraine, the rising bills and taxes, and the small matter of a political crisis in the UK weren’t enough, we had a…