Part 2… Feedback from my previous post about conversations with my daughter were all quite positive, but someone noted, “don’t you ever talk to your son then?” Certainly, I do. Well, I try to. But he’s going through a phase at the moment where, whatever I say to him, is met with the response of; […]
The Grown-up Chats – Part 1
I don’t know anyone who has enjoyed this year. For a variety of reasons. But during the last week, I realised that one thing that I have truly benefitted from myself, over the last 12 months is the wisdom and insight of my (now) fledgling teenager. Yes – I’m a firm believer in ignoring the […]
The Contest of Conversation
Regular readers might have already picked up that my 9-year-old is a lad of few words. Certainly, when compared to his 13-year-old sister and to his mother, he is. But as he gets older, I am noticing that the few words that he can be bothered to chuck out in our general direction, are always […]
The People Who Matter
I lost my best friend a few years ago. How very careless of you, some might think – and to be honest, it does sometimes feel like I was a bit remiss. Didn’t tell her everything that I wanted to, took her never-failing friendship for granted, didn’t make her enough of those endless cups of […]
Diana Days
“Mummy, where were you when you heard about that nice Princess Diana getting killed?” “Off my face in an Edinburgh hotel room, sweetie-pie. And believe you-me, I thought it must have been pretty strong stuff that we’d been having … when *that* particular news item flashed across the TV screen.” Actually, no. I didn’t answer […]
Just Listen To Yourself!
Things that I vowed that I would never to say to my own kids, that my own dear parents said to me and my brother, back in the 70’s and 80’s. Utterances that …. guess what? I have actually said MYSELF during the past fortnight. I know this, because after the first two ‘dawned on […]
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