As a parent, I've experienced many highs and lows when it comes to raising my kids. The lows leave me exhausted; feeling like a constant failure and wondering why on earth I had kids in the first place. The highs are such a reward, that I almost forget what little terrors they are 90% of the time! Almost... As much as I moan about the kids (and God, did I moan in the last post), they do lots of things to make me proud. And it's the unexpected things that they do which touch m

Parents of grown-up children always say the strangest things to me: "Never wish your life away", or "you'll miss this when they're older", or "ahh, they're so precious at that age". Usually when I'm in the Supermarket, with one of them in a headlock, and the other wailing in the next aisle, because I've walked off and left them to their tantrum! It's just after 8am, and my School Mum friends and I are discussing our children, all girls between 9 and 10 years old. They all hav