A lot steeper than the price of a coffee, irrespective of whether you are a fan of the double macchiato with a twist (i.e. two shots of coffee with a spot of milk in a miniscule-sized cup – for much the same price as a big mug of latte). This indulgence was more like the pri...
I had one main childhood home, but from the age of fourteen, we moved house a bit – always in the same village, but still different houses. When I moved to university, my family grew with my mum’s new partner and his daughter, and they rented a few different places before buying t...
For me, the guilt and self-blame get compounded by those long, dark months of watching my daughter struggle on the edge of life and death. I tormented myself with everything I might’ve done wrong to cause her premature birth. I used to tell myself that if I could just bring her ho...
I work and have worked hard, I’m not naive enough to not acknowledge that having a healthy loving family life growing up and parents who wanted their daughter to support herself and manage her finance helped me. The biggest thing my family has helped instill are the values that I live wi...
“That’s cool. So everyday you’re going to put a heart with something on our door?” my oldest daughter asked. When I told them yes, they actually let out a big “yeah!” OMG! They actually liked it! I haven’t lost them yet! One point for Mom!
departed the ship, got a ride home, then rushed to the Orlando airport to drop off our daughter, then drove home … exhausted, I took a nap and awoke in a different paradise. The Floating City My daughter was on her last spring break, with her college graduation coming this spring, and...
“That’s cool. So everyday you’re going to put a heart with something on our door?” my oldest daughter asked. When I told them yes, they actually let out a big “yeah!” OMG! They actually liked it! I haven’t lost them yet! One point for Mom!