By now you’ve probably seen the heart-breaking letter from Samantha Wills who passed away recently at age 27. It’s popped up in my Facebook newsfeed so many times over the last few days and each time I get the same pang of emotion wash over me. Have you read it? I know that social media…
I’ve always loved to shop. I started working when I was 16 so have always had a little spending money. When I got to uni I got my first credit card. What kind of bank would give a shopaholic university student a credit card? One that wanted to earn a crap load of interest from…
Five months old today. Five months as a family of four. Five months of finally understanding what our friends meant when they said one child is a breeze! And 5 months of knowing that our little Mac squad is complete. Today also marks another milestone – exactly one year to the day since we drank…
So you’ve done the antenatal classes. You went for extra credit and did the lactation consultant breastfeeding masterclass. You’ve sat through the gory videos, you’re written your birth plan. You’ve practiced swaddling a plastic doll with a droopy eye and no recognisable gender. You can flick the doll from the rugby hold to the cradle…
I have always been a total sook when I’m sick. I have been known to groan “I’m dying” when in the throws of a common cold – not at all melodramatic! What I hadn’t experienced until today was being sick as a mum. Long gone are the days of taking to bed for the day…