Just when you thought you knew it all
Do you remember where you were when Princess Diana died? When humans first landed on the moon? What you were doing on 9/11? Chances are you can recall exactly and in some detail. And if you are a woman, I guarantee you also remember every circumstance of your menarche*. A girl’s first period is a […]
We’ve had a lot going on in our tween house over the past few weeks and the only thing that I know for sure is this: I don’t believe in letting mistakes overwhelm us, because mistakes makes us who we are. My tween is pretty bloody amazing. She blows my mind with her quick wit […]
Dear Stranger, It’s hard to write this, because I’m going to be blunt, but things used to be much nicer before you moved in. There used to be a balance in the way the different personalities in our house worked together and the three of us knew when to be together, but more importantly when to leave […]
There are times that I try to connect with my tween, but her headspace is somewhere on a planet far, far away. She’s not interested in engaging with someone in the same room, let alone her *insert dramatic eye roll* mother! And do you know what I do? I leave her be. Sometimes she needs […]
Seven months ago my tween announced she was vegetarian. I had two choices – support her decision or make a joke of it in the hope she would ‘grow out of this phase’. I chose the former. It seems the tween years are fraught with ginormous decisions by little humans. It doesn’t feel like they’re […]
