Maisie Visiting Heifer…
Maisie Visiting Heifer…
/ February 11, 2024 0 COMMENTS
There are a lot of fields surrounding us but since our land is bordered with trees ...
Undisclosed Location…
/ June 18, 2010 0 COMMENTS
After the disastrous dinner screening of our youngests’ potential date she cruised through a semester without risking a similar demise with any of her ensuing male friends.  There ...
TMI/Faux pas…
/ June 17, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Dinner was not quite ready and the conversation was lagging so I innocently asked if he was an only child since it was obvious that his potential date was not…? “I thought I was,” ...
More on Turning Eighteen…
/ June 16, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Turning eighteen in our house does not stop at patronising a tattoo and piercing parlour.  In our house another rite of passage occurs…dating is officially A-okay! So, hot off the ...
On Turning Eighteen…
/ June 15, 2010 0 COMMENTS
A couple of weeks ago my youngest daughter turned 18 amid a wave of excitement which I kept dampening.  I couldn’t understand what could be so different about this particular birthday, ...
Final Note…
/ June 14, 2010 0 COMMENTS
We obsessed about strangers when they were young, my friends warned me, “do not frighten them.” They have survived childhood and are now on the verge of college, and my same ...
Three is Not a Crowd…
/ June 11, 2010 0 COMMENTS
To maintain some sort of normalcy in my extreme response to stranger danger I instructed my children on the wisdom of safety in numbers. “Never agree to do anything with anyone ...
Passwords Empower…
/ June 10, 2010 0 COMMENTS
Parents teach their children elaborate passwords to keep them safe.  I found they made me feel safe for they empowered me to send strangers to pick up my children when I was caught late ...
The Stranger Who Dwells Amongst Us…
/ June 9, 2010 0 COMMENTS
As my children started to toddle and understand what I was talking about I taught them about strangers.  Initially only one child fell into this category and I was advised by books ...
Indecent Exposure…
/ June 8, 2010 0 COMMENTS
From the beginning I told my brother, who was visiting his month old nephew, that I was not going to plonk my children down in front of the television when I needed a babysitter.  I was ...
Whacky Strangers and Other Dangers…
/ May 25, 2010 0 COMMENTS
The next stage in my child rearing adventure was to keep them safe from whacky strangers and other dangerous people who lurk in the world seeking to destroy childhood.  I’d not ...