What’s good for the kids?

In our separation, all  the current hype and advice is the kids come first. He says ‘The kids come first’ but he does not DO the ‘kids come first’. He just does not think of their needs, and what may be good for them – he much prefers to consider what suits him, what is [...]

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Learning to say NO!

Ok..I have a life long problem…I am not good at saying ‘no’. It’s a simple word. I can do it well in the classroom when I have to, and sometimes I have no choice but to say ‘no’ because it costs too much and is not in the budget – but that’s not the kind of [...]

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Home at last? Am I happy?

Well it has been a rough couple of weeks – but I am at home with both my girls at last. Even miss 17 is home. Dad has found alternative accomodation, so now we can settle back into some sort of routine. Oh how nice it was to be back in my own bed!

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