“Please, will you just shut up,” I pleaded/yelled as all chaos broke out with four Goddesses all vying for my attention. This was my Grand crime. I imagined how my reputation with the neighbours as a dedicated Grandy had just gone down the gurgler. The Goddesses looked at me in shock. Grandy doesn’t
It’s no secret that children can often be our best teachers but it comes as a surprise that a five-month-old baby is teaching me something no one else has been able to. Our newest little Goddess is teaching me how to calm myself – from the inside out. Perhaps it helps she is
HOW MUCH BABYSITTING IS TOO MUCH? When my mother was pregnant with my sister her mother said: “you know I love you more than life itself, but don’t ever ask me to babysit”. Mum never asked and Granny never babysat, even when I came along eight years later and Granny was living with
WHAT DO YOU WANT THE CHILDREN TO REMEMBER YOU FOR? MEMORIES My Granny Bunny died when I was eight years old but I still remember her sweet smile and most of all, her wonderful hands. Granny’s hands talked with her. Her nails were always beautifully manicured and I loved the character lines that
