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What object speaks of you?

June 12, 2016

What is there in your home that speaks of you? What objects in future years will forever remind your children of you? I can remember one day a good few months ago, asking my children about this. My smart ass, eldest, spoke up, saying that whenever she smells burnt toast she’d forever remember me. She … More What object speaks of you?

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Have you photographs of your third child?

February 21, 2014

I have four children, but as I look at photos one seems to be missing! There is the first, my eldest daughter. She is the one with a photo album for every month of her first year of life. There are photos of her moments after birth, going home, crying, smiling, getting a bath, sitting … More Have you photographs of your third child?

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Nature V Nurture. (2)

September 15, 2013

Who or what is it, that has the greatest influence, on our children’s lives? Is it Nature or Nurture? I am not an expert on these things, my only experience is my own family. However I do often wonder, having been a stay at home mother, for over twenty years. Does the fact, I have … More Nature V Nurture. (2)