Category: Parenting

Moments in Time

I found our digital photo frame the other day. It had not yet been unpacked from our move and was tucked away at the back of a cupboard. I found it because I was...

Stop the World

I just need to breathe. I don’t necessarily want to get off. But we’re finding him a place, you know. A place of his own, where he’ll have to cook and clean and wash...

Tinker, Tailor…

…soldier, sailor. Rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief, Doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief. No, don’t worry, I’m not breaking out into ditties again this time. This is the counting out song I used when...

Mind-losers Anonymous.

Hi, my name is Lea. Hi Lea. It’s been 7 months and 28 days since my I last lost my mind. Wow, that’s good going. Well done. Well, until yesterday, that is. I relapsed...

Update #19- Cape Town 2.0

My Control Freak is dead. She died a short, painful death yesterday in the VW Polo driven by my 18-year-old son who is learning to drive. The words that delivered the fatal blow were, Mom,...