I've been completely preoccupied over here. There's a very simple reason - Jay has become totally focused on quitting his job and ...

My son and I have almost nothing in common except large heads, asthma and a shared love of music. My daughter, on the other hand - diffe...

Well, it seems that once again this is not the year for a serious post about the meaning of Christmas. Instead, here is 35 seconds of my ch...

Lately, a few people in the adoption-o-sphere have written really interesting posts about the realities of parenting kids with trauma. I...

... that my children are still cute.  Finally! Some photos that were not taken on my phone. Moments like this are basically why I wan...

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you probably know that I like to make sweeping generalisations. Or, to put it another way,...

Things have been hard around here, and I find myself sitting at my desk chair, not quite knowing where to start with it all. There's one...

Very occasionally - every few years or so - I get terrible headaches that stay for weeks and won't leave, no matter what I do. I'm j...

I use my phone too much when I'm looking after my kids; I know it. If it beeps at me, I lunge for it. It's like a compulsion. I need...

There's stuff I keep wanting to write, but most of it would involve my thoughts about school, and, well, I keep thinking about how I fea...