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Going Viral (Not the Good Kind)

I like the idea and the reality of a family. You have company without having to get out of pyjamas. You get to be around somebody who has seen you at your absolute worst and still thinks you’re pretty awesome. You have in-jokes and non-secret codes. All in all, it’s a pretty sweet deal. That [...]

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Somebody Tell Her That

This year, Mothers’ Day was a pretty awesome day. Sleep in, pancakes for breakfast, lunch made for me, a nap in the afternoon and generally waited on hand-and-foot. But. And it’s a big but. Somebody should have told my daughter that it was Mothers’ Day. Would not let me pick her up all day – [...]

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The Invisible Parent

Mothers’ Day has got me thinking about fathers’. Strange, yes but it does. Josh often comments that I am the Queen of left-field comments and will often get me to recount the connections that happened in my brain before the words came out of my mouth, just because it’s a roller-coaster ride. When I said [...]

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The Unrelaxing Long Weekend

I thought it would be a brilliant plan to make a dent in the painting. Long weekend. Perfect time to do projects around the house – or so hardware store advertising would have me believe. Obviously the marketing geniuses for those advertising campaigns don’t have toddlers. A sweet little bundle who looks up at you [...]

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Turning Two – Parties, Chocolate and Bubbles

The birthday girl. There’s something magical about the second birthday. She’s still too young to understand the concept of the birthday. So she wakes up on what to her is any other day and is greeted with balloons, bubbles, presents, more chocolate cake than she could eat and lots of adoring visitors. Its innate randomness [...]

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I Am an Agnostic and I am Not Lost

It’s Easter. Easter has a lot of different meanings to different people. For us, it’s not religious. It’s about easter eggs, bunnies and a long weekend. I caught a few snippets of some comments made by the Australian Clergy during their Good Friday sermons. Is there anything that Twitter isn’t good for? Some of these [...]

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Sunshine in a Cage

It has been far too long since I visited Pompa. Weeks go by, and sometimes I don’t think about it. But then I feel guilty, or rather the guilt builds up to the point where my choice is either to be swallowed by my own self-loathing or go and visit him. Visiting him is so [...]

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Childhood is a Bad Bet

That’s the assertion made by Elisabeth Badlinter in her new book, discussed in this article. The idea being that it’s a bit of a waste for a parent to sacrifice every part of their life for a child, given that we live for an average of 85 years and childhood is temporary. Her theory is [...]

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The Cottage

On Saturday I made my maiden voyage (driving on my own) to Sydney. No animals, people, or property was harmed in any way. Major success. I was there for the Sydney Mum/Parenting Bloggers Meet Up, but decided I might as well make a day of it and headed down nice and early. It is also [...]

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Oh Right, It’s an Election Year

Australia is a little bit behind the eight-ball with the whole parental leave thing. It wasn’t until the last Federal election that an idea of leave was introduced (due to start next year) which would see families who earn $150,000 or less be entitled to 18 weeks paid leave (at the minimum wage) for people [...]

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