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Showing posts with label Hermaphrodite Mum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hermaphrodite Mum. Show all posts
Tuesday 18 September 2018

The power of chocolate buttons

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Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum Little One stamps the pavement outside our house with her new Startrite shoe. "Don'...
Wednesday 18 April 2018

The history teacher

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Hermaphrodite Mum   Three kids and a single mum It's a sight to make every mother's heart sink: your child, curled up with her he...
Monday 18 December 2017

Christmas drama queen

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Hermaphrodite Mum   Three kids and a single mum   "Are you alright?" asks Middle Child anxiously. I am beached on the sofa, o...
Thursday 21 September 2017

Lessons from Queen Victoria

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Hermaphrodite Mum   Three kids and a single mum I read in The Times newspaper that a quarter of 14-year old girls are depressed . Good g...
Friday 9 December 2016

Meditations on a festive theme

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Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum My children still believe in Father Christmas - even the eldest one, aged 12. It amazes me ...
Monday 19 September 2016

Drama in the night

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Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum "Blow winds and crack your cheeks! Rage! Blow!" was King Lear's famed reactio...
Wednesday 27 April 2016

At the zoo

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Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum The children came back from their dad's place this weekend full of the joys of spring. ...
Friday 13 November 2015

Super-Mummy-spook

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Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum I'm just off to analyse some intelligence and plan a few operations in the field. What? ...
Wednesday 19 August 2015

Sore losers

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Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum I am packing light for our holidays this year. No more Lego, Connect 4 (travel edition), or...
Thursday 12 March 2015

Stop, drop and breathe

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Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum Walking Toddler comes clodhopping into my bedroom while I am still lying in bed. Her little...
Wednesday 14 January 2015

Don't need no 'sex' education...

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Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum Quiet One has sex education coming up at school. Hopefully not a demonstration of whips and...
Monday 18 August 2014

Mother of the year

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Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum My voice has gone hoarse. Too much shouting. It's week six and I have cra...
Thursday 19 September 2013

Celestial insurance

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Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum Middle child has been doing some deep thinking about God recently. He is at a point in h...
Thursday 25 July 2013

Exercising the boy

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Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mum The summer holidays have begun. Sigh. I love having my children at home again, but it does ...
Wednesday 22 May 2013

Bath-etic tragedy

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Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mother Last week I made the mistake of throwing away the bath toys, a ruinous act that pro...
Wednesday 13 March 2013

Brother vs. sister

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Hermaphrodite Mum Three kids and a single mother Upstairs I can hear angry voices bouncing off the walls, punctuated by the banging o...