5 things NOT to say to your childless friend
For some, Mother’s Day is one of the hardest days of the year. There was a time when that was true for me.
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It’s All in Your Mind
I love to read! I’ll read just about anything. Books, newspapers, magazines, junk mail. I read about how many oranges they squeezed into my bottle of OJ. I read graffiti, the sides of buses, fine print, advertisements, subtitles, and comics. My best friend loves to dance. My dad likes to talk to people. My mum
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An Open Letter to Our Defence Forces
The heart that sees a simple need in a tired, working mother, is the same heart that drives someone to run, head first toward danger while the rest of us run away.
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Easter – A Mother’s Anguish
Only a woman who has stared into the grave of one of her children can perhaps begin to comprehend the overwhelming anguish that mother Mary felt in her heart on that day.
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Stay EGGceptionally healthy this Easter!
Whether they’re mini or mega-size, come in the form of bunnies, ducks, eggs or blocks – it’s certainly easy to overeat and overindulge on chocolate at Easter! And that overindulgence can take a long time to work off… One 40g Creme Egg alone can take 30 minutes of brisk walking to burn off, five mini
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Living La Vida Leisa
Leisa always has a smile and exudes an understated elegance, even in the busyness of the carpark during the school run. Leisa has honed a style all her own and has introduced me to many new talented designers. She’s a queen on eBay and online shopping and picks up designer pieces at fantastic prices. She
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Casual to Corporate – Get dressed for success
It’s funny catching up with someone you first met as a teenager. Those teenage years with Bernie were seemingly all about whom could make whom laugh the most. It’s twenty plus years later and she’s still undeniably the comedienne, albeit without that snazzy Hypercolour T-shirt I used to covet. Where did they all go by
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51 Ideas to Get Your Kids Outside
Recently, I took my kids on a long overdue trip to visit their country cousins. It was the very first time they had ever been on a farm and it was oh so evident as we made our way along the meandering driveway toward the farm where my dad was born & raised, I announced ‘we’re here!’ And my son sighed: ‘now we just have to find a car park.’
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7 Proven Tips for a Happy Home
So, hubby walks in the door and I sort of grunt & half smile, up to my armpits in whatever just spilled on the floor, kids in hyperactive mode and the distinct smell of something burning on the stove wafting through the air. I sigh think to myself: ‘this is what my life has become…’
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Why Can’t He Use the Dishwasher Properly?
… And other phenomenon of the husband kind. I find myself huffing in annoyance when sorting out his attempt to pack the dishwasher. He has seemingly not calculated the maximised available space to ickiness of surface ratio. He is certainly unaware of the rule that some items are specifically ‘top shelf only’. He experiments with
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