May 10, 2020: Today was Mother’s Day in South Africa. My kids definitely delivered! Micole made me cupcakes (that flopped!! ha ha) and drew me a cute picture of three giraffes. Each giraffe represents one of us, and is coloured in our individual favourite colours. The fact that she drew giraffes at all is an inside-joke: I yell “Giraffe!” as an answer to a “quiz” question before I even hear the question. I’ll do this at least once per quiz
We all seem to be in a very reflective mood, now that we have kissed a decade goodbye, and I have certainly spent my share of time thinking about the past 10 years, and what lessons I take away from them. For me, it really boils down to four things: my relationship with Craig, my kids, my health and my work. Everything else of significance falls under one of those headings. And most important, there are no regrets – just
Still on holiday, still having a blast. 1. Have had lots of time to spend with the children. Am so grateful for their good natures, their kindness, their willingness to help, and general appreciation. Have had a chance to compare them to some other brats during the course of the holiday, and …like I said…so grateful for the no-problems that the kids give me! Love! #DoingSomethingRight 2. As I do on any holiday I am enjoying, I start planning my
1. Craig took the kids to school today, which is a secret pleasure for me, because it means that – unless I have early meetings – I can start the day on my terms. This is always wonderful. Today, for example, I had a arm-long list of things I needed to do, but no need to leave the house to do them. And since my sister dropped off my kids after school, I had no reasons to get out of
I came across this wonderful post by Elen Seidman at LoveThatMax.com. In it, she recounts a loooong list of things that she notices/remembers on behalf of her family, starting with “I am the one who notices that we are running low on toilet paper”. As I said, the list is long. And as a mother, and a “wife”, boy can I identify with this! I am the one who has to remember everything that has anything to do with the
