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The Big Round Barrel

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I couldn’t stop eating….. I was a big, round barrel, waiting to be rolled downhill… The famous quote by Robert Frost that says “Two roads diverged in a wood and I – I took the one less traveled by” reminds me a lot of myself and my battle with weight. Only that unlike Robert Frost…

Becoming Best Friends For Life – With Veggies

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It is vital to ensure our kids grow up learning about vegetables, developing knowledge and interest in the variety of types and ultimately loving them. Many parents face a real problem getting their children to eat vegetables and this is a very common occurrence. However, I think this problem manifests in cases where the parent…

Living Beyond Excuses – Nurturing That Phenomenal Family

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The one extraordinary thing that God created us all with is the ability to choose, the power to decide our own fate and the capacity to actively pursue it. Despite our otherwise inclined thoughts, this gift is given to all of us in equal measure. When it comes to deciding destiny, God is not a…

Separation anxiety!

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I cannot believe this is me. Seriously??!!! Why oh why am I having issues with moving my baby out of my bedroom?? Its 11pm and I’m looking at her lying here next to me and I’m thinking nooooooo! I’m going to miss uuuuuu! Truth be told, this was absolutely not my experience with my first…

Conquering Sweets with Natural Sweetness

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When I get home every evening the first thing I do is release the baby sitter and start on fixing something to eat for dinner. Yesterday as I was doing this, Martha was playing on the kitchen floor next to me. She was playing with her toy aeroplanes and yes yes yes I know…. despite…

Terrorising the unborn

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She was only 12. Her mother took her to the hospital to flush the baby from her “baby”. The girl didn’t understand what was happening and didn’t even know she was pregnant. She underwent some kind of abortion procedure and was afterwards told by the practitioner to go home. But she was still bleeding and…

My Nanny displays low cut tops and super tight bottoms

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Communicating with my Nanny – Listening to the Unspoken “When my neighbour’s brother who lives in the apartment above ours cat-called at my nanny from the balcony and whistled suggestively as she walked by – I almost fell down in despair…” She was showing off vast amount of midriff and leg on display The dress code of…

“She fell and hit her head!”

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I had been sitting in my room having some well deserved RnR. My nephew and niece are around for the holidays, and from the comfort of my bedroom, I could hear the kids’ loud but seemingly fun games going on. “This is what beautiful childhood memories are made of” I thought to myself with a…

Tasty Baby Foods

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When I had Martha 6 years ago, I was beside myself with joy!… and fear… and was awfully tired. Wow, a baby. She latched on really well at the hospital and my breasts produced enough milk. It was wondrous to see my tits do this. My aim was to breastfeed for a year… whoaaa could…

About last night…

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I was going to write an entirely different post this week, until last night happened. Yes…last night was truly special. One of a kind I’d say…I was up all night holding a special someone….my unwell baby. (What were you thinking? Hmmmm) That I can smile about it now is in itself a wonder. Last night,…