From Mom

It’s so easy to be caught up in doing “big” things. You know what I mean?  Those big “occasion” kind of events – cool parties, epic holidays, fun day trips…

There are many changes that we go through as women. From awkwardly trying to cover up our spotty faces in high school to adapting to how our bodies have changed,…

There was a time in my life when I thought that make up was only for those women who cared too much about what they looked like. You know what…

Oh hey Monday.  How did you get here so quickly. No wait, that looks too excited.

I really, really don’t like Winter. But you know what I detest more than Winter?  Overflowing laundry baskets and not having any clean dry clothes to wear in the morning.…

It’s really hard to be truly content nowadays isn’t it? Obviously the problem lies with everyones perfect lives being just one tap and scroll away.  Accessible anywhere you are, as…

On the weekend we had a Rainbows and Kites party for the girls. It took a while to decide on the theme because every girl and her imaginary friend wants…

Oh my dearest big little Riya-Ray You won’t believe how hard it is to sit down and write these letters to you*.  Not because it’s hard to find something to…

Welcome back to my favourite series! I’m glad that you’re back to read the next installment.  Here are the other ones in case you want to catch up. Here’s a…

As it turns out, moving domains is actually rather close to moving house.  Flipping stressful and fraught with problems that you’re sure no one else has had to experience, but there…

While all my friends were stressing over which university to get into and what to study, I was stressing that for some unknown reason my body wouldn’t be able to produce…

When you have a kid there’s this weird thing that happens. No, I’m not talking about how suddenly your body resembles a deflated balloon or how regular bodily functions become…

I did it. After umming and ahhhing about it for months (probably years) I finally decided to hike up my big girl panties, have a strong cup of Milo and…

Is it weird that I have a whole series but never thought to include myself in it?  Maybe not, but truthfully I’m waiting for more people to get back to…

What a week. I feel like we are finally emerging from a constant state of high alert.  Both girls had an awful virus that resulted in massive temps and vomiting.…

A couple of months ago, Hung Up magazine got in touch with me about doing an article in their next issue.  I naturally assumed that they’d made a mistake.  Why…

You know we often give ourselves a hard time as Moms. We constantly tell ourselves that we’re messing up, not doing it right, we could be doing better, you know how…

In case you’ve missed it, we’ve started a new series that will pop up here on the blog every Friday. Recently I have been inundated with content about racism in…

My current state: Dreaming about warm socks, warming my hands by the fire, squeezy hugs, cuddling under blankets, a hot bowl of soup with a lekker slice of bread with…

In case you’ve missed it, we’ve started a new series that will pop up here on the blog every Friday. Recently I have been inundated with content about racism in…

It’s no secret that I’ve been feeling rather sorry for myself recently.  I thought I’d point it out, in case you couldn’t tell by the surplus tears that I have…

This is basically a sponsored post, seeing as I co-own Incompass I know it’s not really best practice to be telling you about my contraceptive methods, but here I go…

In case you’ve missed it, we’ve started a new series that will pop up here on the blog every Friday. Recently I have been inundated with content about racism in…