Month: July 2013

Book Review – One Day, By David Nicholls

I just finished reading a book called One Day, by David Nicholls and wanted to write a review about it. Not something I often do, but if I find a good book I feel the need to recommend it to others. The main characters in this book are Dexter and Emma, who meet on...

A Defining Parental Moment

I was thinking the other day about a moment that has defined me as a parent and although there are many, one in particular stood out. My middle daughter was a difficult baby. People told me that the second child would be easy, so I couldn't understand how come mine...

Taking On My Own Camp NaNoWriMo Challenge

I've been so busy lately with work and school that I haven't had much time to do any of my own writing. At the risk of sounding sorry for myself (which I'm not), when you have three children who are all involved in different things both in and out of school,...

Putting Right The Wrongs

I think I may have worked out why my daughter has been behaving the way she has been recently. As I explained in my post 'Bullying Amongst Siblings', my eldest daughter has been particularly aggressive towards her younger sister and it has been extremely unsettling...