Since our beloved nanny had a motorbike accident that I went from looking after her, to having no nanny to hiring a nanny from back home. That nanny was very calm and organised, but I felt something was missing. I am a strict Mom, I like routine and structure, and I insist on good behaviour, so I guess in the…
Month: September 2014
When frustration takes over…
Intention to be a PC parent (patient and consistent) is what I wake up with every morning. But of late, this evades me as quickly as a snooze cycle on the alarm clock. I have 3 kids to get ready in the morning. The nanny only arrives at 8 and they should already be dressed and be eating breakfast. I…
How do people come alive?
This afternoon, Miss Z turned to me and said “Mommy, how does God make people come alive?”. I said “what do you mean make people come alive?”. She said (with great depth to her words): “Just how does He make people come aliiiive?” “Well”, I said, “God created the Universe, and then he created this planet Earth in which we…
What does No mean?
Before I was a Mom, I hardly knew anybody with kids. I had close family members that have kids, but they lived in another country, so I had contact with children only in small doses. It seems that since I became a Mom, there are more and more Moms and children in my universe. More often than not, I try…