Mom and Dad

Sometimes I sit and stare at the blinking cursor for what feels like hours.  Thoughts swirling around in my head, a few make it to the keyboard only to be…

Welcome back to another installment in our series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. Sherbit, what…

Beauty. It’s so subjective.  And yet the World has formalised it somehow. In order to be “beautiful” you need to have checked all these boxes – striking facial features, radiant skin,…

Welcome back to another installment in our new series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. You…

Sometimes doing things for the first time can be really scary. But flying a kite is not even close to that at all. If you get it right, it can…

Welcome back to another installment in our new series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. In…

So, like, I really try not to make this space one where it seems like we have it all together and get all the cool things and do all the…

I should probably give you a heads up – if you should happen to see anyone of the Alfino clan roaming the streets looking like a zombie, this is your…

Funny how when I am feeling overwhelmed and not sure which side is up, my go to post is a Currently one. So I guess by those few words alone…

Things are getting back to normal around here. Although I’m not sure how one can really define normal after you lose someone that you love.  For me right now, normal…

Today is the Memorial Service for my Dad and because not everyone could be there, I thought I would share the little Eulogy that we put together for the service.…

Things have been a bit crazy and busy around these parts for the last couple of days.  It sounds crass, but there is honestly so much more to a loved…

Welcome back to another installment in our new series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. What…

I always thought that everyone who ever said, “This too shall pass” to me, were right. Was it helpful at the time?  Maybe not so much, because I was still dealing…

Do you ever have those days where you just struggle to form sentences that make sense?  Not to mention sentences that are actually interesting to read.  I’m having one of…

Welcome back to another installment in our new series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. Hello,…

The other morning I was getting the girls dressed for school and I could not find one warm top that I could put on for them.  Not a single one.…

Do you know what happened on Saturday? A lot of my favourite bloggy and twitter people met up for coffee and chats and fun and giggles.  So why the FOMO?…

There’s this place called Oude Molen Eco Village. From the outside it appears to be the kind of place that you don’t ever want to see the inside of.  So…

They woke up happy, haven’t fought once and they even said “thank you” after you gave them their breakfast. They’ve lulled you into a false sense of security – “nothing…

It’s that time of the year again – the one where I wonder store to store trying to find the “perfect gift” for the Mothers in our lives. We are…

Welcome back to another installment in our new series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. I’m…

There is hair everywhere and it’s not even November. I know a lot of women complain about “Movember” for months in advance, sometimes the entire year before hand – (complaining is what…