For the love of books

By On May 21, 2013 · 16 Comments · In Keeping it Real, Random Ramblings

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I love reading. It’s what I’ve always done. From a very young age I started escaping into fantasy lands crafted by someone else’s words.

I’ve never thought much about why or how, I just saw it as a relaxing past time. It was [...]

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It must be a girl.

By On May 14, 2013 · 31 Comments · In Keeping it Real, Motherhood

I received a little girl charm for Mother’s Day

 

Everyone said it would be so.

It must be a girl.

I’ve been so much sicker this time around.

It must be a girl.

We’ve got two boys.

It must be a girl.

My mum did the wedding ring test [...]

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Anatomy inequity

By On May 7, 2013 · 12 Comments · In Keeping it Real, Random Ramblings

Pregnancy always highlights to me the inequities a woman suffers simply due to her anatomy. Human bodies are complex and wondrous contraptions, no doubt. However, the female form is far more complex than her XY counterpart. Let’s break it down: Breasts: These lumps of fatty tissue are the bane of a woman’s life from the [...]

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Stuff happens

By On April 30, 2013 · 24 Comments · In Keeping it Real, Mental Wellness

2013 has been a big bumpy year so far (pardon the pun). A few months back I wrote this post mentioning how excited and impatient I was for the year to get started. At the time I felt the year was full of such promise and I so looking [...]

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A letter to Bam Bam aged 4

By On April 23, 2013 · 7 Comments · In Boys Being Boys, Motherhood, Uncategorized

Well my little monster, we’ve made it to the big 4. I have to be honest with you, there have been some many days when I’ve wondered if we’d make it.

You are such a boy. Always into things, onto things and overturning things. You’ve had more bumps and knocks than I’d [...]

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