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One boy, three parties, 13th birthday
I have no idea what I was thinking when I asked Ron if he wants a birthday party this year. Over the years we have tried to avoid throwing birthday parties in every... Read More
My inspirational talk
I have been invited to be a guest in a Facebook live of one of the millions Facebook group I’m a member in (I think it has officially reached the point of addiction... Read More
Superstitions and Job Searching
I broke the kids. We can no longer leave the house without them searching for cars with the same three digits on the license plate (in Malta all cars have, or are supposed... Read More
Invisible disabilities – Do I tell or do I hide?
Dealing with invisible disabilities, you always have the question – do I tell, or do I hide? Ever since Yon was diagnosed we had to wrestle with this question, and every time we... Read More
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Medical avoidance
When it comes to health problems I make a very clear distinction between my own and others. I have never been on the “let’s wait and see” side of things when it comes to other people’s health issues. I come … Read More
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Winter Top Ten
Today was supposed to be the worst storm in years, or so they said on the news. Here, in my corner of London it’s really more of a more-wind-than-usual kind of affair, but as it still not really one of … Read More
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The magic of Christmas
I was very happy to be invited to the Tesco Christmas in July event that was in, well, July. Actually, that’s not entirely correct. When I got the email inviting me to the event I was standing on the side line of … Read More
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The question
Every parent has a list of questions that he doesn’t really want to answer. I guess it’s different to every family, but there are some common ones – where do babies come from, what happens when you die, why are … Read More
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The Juggle of Modern Motherhood
I have this problem you see, it seems as if I can never give the correct straight-forward answer to a question. It used to drive my teachers crazy for many, many years. It is also why I can’t seem to … Read More
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Hospital Time
Hospital time moves differently. I don’t think there is anybody who has been in a hospital and hadn’t noticed this. Sometimes you sit there for what seems like days and a glimpse at the watch shows you it has been … Read More
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What do we really teach our girls?
Last Friday I was invited to watch Dove’s International Day of the Girl event. To tell you the truth I am not very big on this kind of events usually. It clashes with my innate cynicism. But I love Dove. … Read More
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Partially Blind: World Sight Day
Today was World Sight Day. It was also World Mental Health Day. For me, they are somewhat connected. I can not say that my gloom and doom disposition is because of Yon’s condition, but as it is Thursday and our … Read More
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Don’t worry about a thing
Ron wants an xBox for Christmas. And before you go ahead and think Ron is this materialistic child who asks for extravagant things, I have to explain – I asked him to choose his dream gift, because after a couple … Read More
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The Chocolate Wagon
I started writing this post last night, but as it sometimes happens with posts, it didn’t turn out quite the way I imagined it going and I decided to sleep on it and finish it this morning. Imagine my surprise … Read More
