What's new with us
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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Latest Posts
Small Steps – Amazing Achievements. Stopping to look.
There is a beautiful thing going around the Special Needs blogosphere, a weekly link-party where you Basically share a positive outlook on your child’s condition, it’s called “small steps – amazing achievements” and is hosted by the Blog author of Ethan’s … Read More
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Celebrating Summer
Summer has arrived to London, and not in date only. It’s been warm (without the compulsory “ish”), it’s been sunny, it’s been sportive. Truth be told, I’ve never been a huge fan of summer. Growing up in a country that sees the … Read More
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No more babies here
It’s exactly five days to Yon’s 4th birthday. My baby will be four in five days. I find it incomprehensible. In five days I will officially become an all-kids-mummy. No more babies. No more toddlers. Just kids. It comes as … Read More
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Football and life (or – a lesson in frustration)
Football has been a part of our life for 8 years now. It is not showing any signs of going anywhere, and I had to resign myself to the fact that football is here to stay. It came into my … Read More
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A Perfect parent? don’t make me laugh
“Did you know that the first Matrix was designed to be a perfect human world? Where none suffered, where everyone would be happy. It was a disaster. No one would accept the program. Entire crops were lost. Some believed we … Read More
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An Invisible child, a Special child
It took me awhile to even start writing this post, because when it comes to Yon, things are always so much more complicated. Being a parent to a child like Yon brings with it so many difficulties that you can’t … Read More
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My life in books
I planned so many different things for this post. I was going to write about imperfect parenting (to get myself in a Blogging Carnival for the first time ever), I was going to write about our latest Yon meeting at … Read More
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Smart kids and lost innocence
My aim was to write a funny post this time. I know you don’t believe me, but I was going to write a funny post. I was even going to open with a joke. I had it all planned out, … Read More
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How I ruined Father’s Day
We usually don’t “do” Father’s day, because up until now I only had one view of it, and to put it as plainly and crudely as I can, up until this year, I always saw Father’s day as a made up day that is … Read More
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Weight-less or Weight-loss
This is a story I have wanted to tell for quite some time but always chose not to. I am not sure why I want to tell it, and not really sure why I didn’t. It’s not like you can … Read More
