“Getting older isn’t something to worry about,” my parents and their friends would tell me years ago. “Age is just a number. Life’s not about how old you are, its
Back in April, I signed my children up for the Lawn Tennis Association’s ‘Tennis for Kids’ initiative: free tennis lessons for 6 weeks to get children interested in tennis. They
My children had their bi-annual eye tests yesterday. They need regular sight tests because both of them wear glasses to help correct their vision. Considering that these eye tests come around
This past week, when 22 people died following a heinous attack in Manchester, has been extremely difficult for everyone. I consider myself lucky because no-one I know was involved, but I still
Juggling a family and a job is never easy. Sometimes it feels like you’re spinning all the plates successfully while at other times it seems like they’re all crashing to the
My children are, as are many others, rather adept at making a racket. They are known to bicker and fight or scream and shout together in delight. This summer though, I’m hoping
Getting outside and having fun is definitely a ‘thing’ for my family. We enjoy heading to our local park, nature reserve, or other outdoor space to run, explore and burn off any
Full STEAM ahead for encouraging girls to explore the sciences. As a mother to a daughter, a feisty, strong-minded daughter at that, I feel a responsibility to instil in her a sense that she
Being parents, we all know that children will be children. They will inevitably be rowdy, unruly and cheeky from time-to-time. They will naturally push boundaries of what is and is not acceptable
As I write this post, I am sitting here in hospital next to my daughter’s bed, relieved to hear her breathing gently. A nurse enters the room to check her