parenting

“Life is a big canvas, throw all the paint you can at it” Danny Kaye She sat before me on the coffee table with an old box, the remnants of an online shopping expedition that left me regretful. “Mum can I make a house for my dolly?” and I replied […]

ColourFULL

4 Mar, 2019 in 2019 March: Colour tagged colour / creativity / parenting by Amanda

“What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.” Gretchen Rubin I stand in the kitchen and I do the dishes, again. I wash the clothes, again, and I tidy the house, again. And I feel the never-ending role of motherhood weighing heavily on […]

Significance is built in the small things

15 Sep, 2018 in 2018 Finding Significance tagged parenting by Jodie McCarthy

There are many ways the word of ‘contribution’ can takes us… but what sprung to my mind was related to the family and in raising children, particularly through the teenager years when these young people are finding their own feet, developing their own thoughts and opinions and becoming the good independent […]

Forget the Chores, Contribute to the Family!

4 Nov, 2016 in Nov 2016: contribution tagged contribution / family / generosity / help / home / kin women / kinwomen / mums / no regrets / parenthood / parenting / penny webb / talk about it / teenagers / unforgiveness by Penny