Why I’m moving my musings to Substack…

When we grow up where do our dreams go? I had a raft of them when I was a schoolgirl. Truth be told I …

It can be really hard to get pregnant. That’s something teachers don’t jump at the chance to…

My parental hypocrisy has reached new heights thanks to Bluey. It’s the show my daughter became…

I’ve always been spellbound by the idea of sliding doors, the notion that seemingly insignificant daily decisions can alter…

Something eerie happened this summer - my toddler became cooperative. It happened one regular morning as we were…

I needed this summer break to fall back in love. Somewhere between the Easter lockdown and a restricted Christmas I had lost…

Christmas 2020, thank God it’s here. The summer holiday in its pared back, long day, beachy glory has been the mirage…

We just moved house for the first time in almost four years, leaving our inner-city apartment…

I had a moment with a kind stranger that felt divinely timed recently…

Around six months after I gave birth to my daughter I was at my lightest weight and for a long time stayed that way. It was a strange feeling because though I had finally lost “that last five kilos” I was also the unhealthiest…

At just two and a half years of age my daughter is already my greatest teacher. She’s constantly holding up a mirror and a lot of times I…

There was a moment on the playground the other day where I briefly felt I had overstepped…

I have a new reverence for a well-written children’s book. As a mum of…

My usually reliable task-focused mind has been splintered these…

My 98-year-old Granny is a product of the periods she’s lived through…

If you are a parent or plan to be one heed this warning…

I suspect my life is going to be governed by a single-worded question soon…

I’ve never been more humiliated than I was at the hands of my daughter recently. It was in…