Tag Archives: Rant

This week, my daughter went on her first “sort of” residential trip with the school. How was it “sort of” residential, I hear you ask (all 2 people who are maybe reading this outside my immediate family) Well, it goes like this.  A couple of months ago a very bubbly, slightly demented child came homeContinue reading “Managing residential”

This coming week my daughter is trying several new things. I am aware that new experiences are essential to growth and development and no child can live in a bubble without them. That said these are milestones that I am not happy about her facing right now.  Her school wants to take her on aContinue reading “Trying new things”

We had some family come to visit. This one statement always makes the bottom fall out of my stomach. Don’t get me wrong: we have relatives who live close by who I don’t think we could cope without – they have gone out of their way to make our lives easier, and I am soContinue reading “They just won’t get it.”

This week, my daughter woke up on Tuesday 19th November and announced, with the surety of a small child in a superhero outfit, that it was, in fact, the 17th. When corrected she growled, stamped her feet and then told me I was wrong. Realising I was heading down a rabbit hole that I wouldContinue reading “Realigning the world view”

I don’t like Octobers.  No, seriously, if anything is going to go wrong it will happen in October. I don’t know if this is just for our family or in general, but the shittiest things seem to happen to us in October and have done for decades. I can recall the exact date that IContinue reading “Tell me why”

I have recently decided that I am going to write a book, dedicated to the memory of my father. On the suggestion of my husband, I am titling it ‘Maybe the psychos were right?’ This has come about by the sheer lack of consideration shown by the average person in a number of situations, andContinue reading “You’re not the only one”