House Arrest & Me
Heads up: this year I am doing my darndest to break out of my little shell. I’ve resolved to keep pushing myself to look more outwardly at the world than is usually comfortable. For over eleven years...
View ArticleWill I Ever Overcome Family Holiday Phobia?
Despite the good stuff that also happens, almost every family holiday to date has involved some sort of panic, scarring trauma or recovery. My own parents cleverly avoided this by simply never having...
View ArticlePreparing for a Conference…by not really preparing #DPCON12
I’m going with the flow and writing a post about preparing for the Digital Parents Conference. I’m really looking forward to it. Only a month after I began blogging I sat on the sidelines last year and...
View ArticleThe Trouble with Relaxing
I do not have a problem with seeing the dentist, no- I have a problem with relaxing and enjoying myself. The day before I attend the launch for “The Little Book of Anxiety” by Kerri Sackville, it seems...
View ArticleBe Still My Beating Heart- I have a Stage Loving Child
Disclaimer/weather report: Possible gushing ahead. Who here doesn’t know how much I adore musical theatre (and the classic books and movies that inspired said productions)? Well I’ve managed to force...
View ArticleThe Ring of Fire
I’m meant to be cleaning the fish tank, but I have to tell you something. Soon we’re off to New York (via Boston)- my first time. Just my husband and I for over two weeks. To say this is exciting is...
View ArticleMy Dog Is On Prozac
You must know about Charlie by now: our lovable, handsome, overly affectionate golden Labrador /Kelpie cross. This three year old rescue pup has been with us some eleven months now. He loves us hard,...
View ArticleFalling down, Getting Up Again
In a week that’s seen another lovely soul lost long before time and, in a reminder from 1997 a look back at another life lived too hard and ended too soon, people are speaking up about uncomfortable...
View ArticleChallenge Accepted, Walking the Walk
Wisdom: The things in life you regret most are the ones you never did. A truth that resonates with me enormously. Confession: I was born a creative, musical type but also an anxious one, conundrum. I...
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