Encouragement

We Are All Struggling

  He’s struggling.  She’s struggling.  I’m struggling.  I think we are all struggling. “The struggle is real” has become a very common catch phrase.  It’s often used for tongue in cheek humour but there is often truth behind it. What’s your struggle? Are you struggling with work? Are you struggling with a relationship? Are you struggling …

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When your baby dies

October 15th International Day of Remembrance We knew that our girls were very sick from 20 weeks gestation. They were diagnosed with Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome. The doctors thought they would both die. Miraculously, I carried them for 10 more weeks when they were born. Kathryn was very, very ill from the damage caused …

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When Sickness Strikes – the positives (yes there are some!)

I started my week with a debilitating migraine and nausea that ended with a respiratory virus and symptoms of sore throat, fever, chills, body aches, dry heaving, stomach pain, hacking cough and lethargy.  During the middle of the week two of my children were sick and by the weekend my husband joined in on the fun. Parenting sick …

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5 Pokémon Go Article Headlines Moms are Eagerly Anticipating

As a mother of a child obsessed with Pokémon Go or even as a mother who enjoys playing, there’s no denying the new app has swept the nation. Everywhere you go, teens are awkwardly pulling up in their vehicle, waiting a few seconds and pulling out, or kids are walking around with a phone in front of …

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