Songs Mum Doesn’t Hate
After a short delay we had word that Louis’ student house in Cardiff was ready to move into. I’d planned a mid week trip to transport my son, his girlfriend, his beloved gaming computer and boxes and bags of goodness…
Lovely Grey Day ... Revisited
Living in the realm of curiosity
Lovely Grey Day ... Revisited
Living in the realm of curiosity
Category Parenting
Bear with It
Sometimes things doesn’t work out as planned and you just have to bear with it. I was going to push ahead with setting up my retirement side hustles after we returned from Spain. But fate had other ideas. I got…
Teen Update
If you’ve been following me for a while you’ll remember that my son Louis didn’t go to university along with his peer group. At the eleventh hour he had a change of heart about wanting to be an engineer. Instead…
No Good At Art?
I do wonder about our school system sometimes. Perhaps some of the home educators and alternative models get more of it right. Surely it shouldn’t just be about passing exams or gaining kudos for the institutions. Take P.E. In my…
Sheep
A random tweet that I saw the other day brought back a story from Louis’ early teenage years. It was nearing Christmas or a birthday and I was thinking about present buying. He needed a new phone pronto. The one…
Presents for a Pink’Un
I have a professional interest in trauma and its impact on later life. As such I expose myself to all sorts of books and talks on this subject All too often I think back to my own parenting journey and…