Family
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Life Choice: Phase – Stay at Home Mum
Have you ever had someone out of the blue ask you what your doing with your life? This week I had somebody ask me what I’m doing with my life? I responded ‘Well, I am a mum of four and…’ and just as I was about to finish my sentence this person cut me off. She seemed irritated by my half answer. Suddenly I felt as though I was on the defence. This lady, who will remain nameless, growls “I know you are a mother, everything about you says ‘mother’, I want to know if ‘Sarah’ still lives in there?’. She even used her quotation fingers! I was stunned…
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The Brand New Shiny Door – A nappy free life!
Recently Jaden officially became a big boy! He ditched the ‘baby’ nappies and decided to embrace undies whole heartedly. It was a joyous moment in our household – I celebrated for days (truthfully I am still celebrating)! I was going to mention our new no nappy household a couple of weeks ago, but then I decided not too just in case it was a 3 1/2 year olds trick on his mother – I decided to wait and see how it went. I wanted to make sure that this no nappy phase in our lives was a real thing and not an illusion. I must admit, I was really nervous about Jaden not…
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Raising Techy kids
Technology has changed our world on so many levels. I can’t imagine our world now without laptops, iPads/tablets, iPods and smartPhones. I can’t imagine life without wifi….God forbid we still lived in a world with dial up internet, or NO internet at all?!! I can’t imagine life without the many apps I use on a daily basis. I don’t know about you, but these days I have a very happy codependent relationship with google – a relationship I have no desire to break off. Hubby is very tech savvy, and I love the world of blogging, wordpress, photography, and social media, so it’s very easy to understand why our kids…
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Parenting. What Parenting?
For years, I have seen the Wicked camper vans on the Sunshine Coast, and I must admit that I have been quite appalled by many a disgusting and crude slogan. They are often racist and incredibly offensive. I have often thought about the idea that ‘somebody’ should do something about them, but life would get busy and then all of a sudden I would see another van and again be reminded of how disgraceful these vans were , but also think to myself how ‘somebody’ should stop this company in their tracks. Last week, a mother who had had enough stood up to be counted. I would love to…
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Wholehearted living for Daughters
I am a mum of three daughters, and I want each one of them to grow up into strong authentic women who are not scared of achieving their dreams, or even striving for them. I want them all to live their lives whole heartedly. I want them to know who they are, what they stand for, what their beliefs are, and what their values are. I want them to know that no matter what happens in life – they are enough. There is nothing they can do or say, that will stop them from being ‘enough’. They are worthy of love and affection. They are worthy of a good and happy life.…
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Simplifying and Enjoying Motherhood
What do you do when you feel like you have lost your pizzazz, or your sparkle? Everything’s fine. Except for one thing – I have been feeling as though my life is too busy, and this ‘busyness’ feeling stops me feeling connected and fully engaged with our kids. I’m not depressed, or blue. I just feel a little overwhelmed with how much there needs to be done on a daily basis to keep our household running smoothly, our children well, homework and school assessments in order, nutritious food on the table, the laundry in control, and all those other things that feel as though they need to have been done yesterday. When I…
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The Daniel Morcombe Verdict
While I sit and write this piece, there is another mother on the Sunshine Coast who is finally allowed to really mourn the loss of her little boy. Yesterday marked a significant milestone for the Morcombe family. After ten painful years, Brett Peter Cowan, was found, trialled and found guilty for the abduction and murder of Daniel Morcombe. Today this man was sentenced to life in prison, with a 20 year minimum sentence. The judge told the parole board that it would be advisable to never allow this man parole. What angers me the most about this situation is that we found out that Daniel would be here…
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A Mothers work is never done!
When school returned three weeks ago, I assumed I would gain time to write, and accomplish a few things on my mummy list, but also a number of things on my ‘Things Sarah wants to accomplish list’. Oh, how wrong I was! Two out of the three girls settled back into school life well – and quickly. Our beautiful middle daughter, has found learning difficult, and while we are helping her at home, She also receives learning support at school, Bethy’s self confidence needs a little work, so we have been having lots of chats about how joy comes from within, and no one can make her happy, Bethy…
