Tag: life
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Excerpt 18. Ariya turns 5.
My baby girl turned 5 last week. For some reason, it’s the one birthday thus far that had me feeling all the feels, the one birthday that hit me the hardest. There’s a reason there’s so many catch phrases In regards to time moving fast…”blink twice and you’ll miss it”, “it happened in the blink…
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Excerpt 17. It’s giving tired.
It’s been a while between entries, and I hate that. It’s not that I haven’t been writing, I have been, it’s just not as daily as I’d like or complete entries with complete thoughts either haha. I completely overestimated my ability to write everyday, despite my best intentions. I started this venture when I was…
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Excerpt 15. Evolving Friendships.
Today was a wholesome day. We had a friends son’s birthday party in the park. It was probably the biggest 5th birthday I had ever been to with about 300 people in attendance (obvious exaggeration, but not TOO far from the truth haha). But amongst the craziness, it was nice to see and hang out…
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Excerpt 14. The 7 year itch.
Today was just another day. Most days, as a “stay at home” mum, feel like Groundhog Day, but I guess the biggest motivator in doing this was to try and find the extraordinary in an otherwise ordinary day. Or at least find something that is thought provoking to extract me from the humdrum of daily…
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Excerpt 13. Early Parenting Traumas.
I’m back! It’s been a couple of days between writing, and as well intentioned as I was to writing daily, sometimes it’s just not possible. Particularly when you have an 18 month old smack bang in the middle of a leap (developmental milestones for the non parents), growing several teeth at the same time and…
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Excerpt 11. Advocating for yourself.
Today was constructive, encouraging and validating. For years now I’ve been silently suffering with chronic pain, which was further exacerbated by both my pregnancies. As most mums can relate, we tend to put all our selfcare on the back burner. Something of little importance that we’ll get to it when we get to it. However,…
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Excerpt 10. Embracing the old.
Today I socialised. That’s not common for me anymore. Well, not to the extent I used to. How do other mums find the time to socialise? Actually, I think time can always be made. It’s how do other mums find the desire to socialise? I don’t know if it’s a post covid world or if…
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Excerpt 9. Putting out fires.
After spending the last two weeks locked up at home with influenza, this week I decided I wanted to do something special with Ariya, just the two of us. It’s hard getting any quality time with your first born, after you have a second (3rd, 4th etc) born. So now and again I try to…
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Excerpt 8. Our Anniversary.
Yesterday my husband and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. And by celebrate I mean, we spent the day being parents with very minimal interactions between us, romantic or otherwise. We were meant to go away the weekend that just passed, but thanks to the influenza that wiped out our household, those plans did not…
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Excerpt 7. Grateful.
The last week and a half has been hell. Can’t and won’t sugar coat it. My entire household was struck down with that ol chestnut, Influenza A. I wouldn’t wish it upon my worst enemy, as the saying goes. Nelson was patient zero, however he tried to shrug it off as allergies. We’re dead set…
Excerpts by Claudia Hayes 