When the Priest bound their hands, at their bizarre, disorganised, beautiful wedding – the same Priest who would Christen their children – I realised it was all I would never have.
Twice, it hadn’t been right.
Twice, I’d shrunk from the question.
And instead, I would stand, years from now, bound in sequins and red cloth, shaming my [...]
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Two Paths…
Posted in Children, Family, Love, Personal, Relationships, men, tagged Best Friend, Friends, Love, Marriage, Relationships, religion, The Other-Half, Wedding on August 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Good at Giving Up..
Posted in Childcare, Children, England, Family, Personal, Relationships, Teaching, Work, parenting, preschool, tagged Childcare, nursery, Children, preschool, mother, inspiration, Family, Marriage, England, Mum, Kids, Motherhood, Wedding, UK, Teaching, weddings, quotes, Teaching Assistant, pre-school, reception, early years, early years foundation stage, teachers aid, teachers aide, deprived children, looked after children, united kingdom, children in care, stay at home mums, stay at home moms, stay at home mum, stay at home mom, working mums, working moms, working mom, working mum, ella fitzgerald, giving up on June 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do.
Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.”
- Ella Fitzgerald.
I’ve always been good at giving up. First came ballet and horseriding, then meat, and church and God. At times I’ve given up trying, given up my self respect. [...]
Roll On October!
Posted in Books, Childcare, Children, Everybody's Talking About, Teaching, growing up, inspiration, tagged Books, childhood, Maurice Sendak, Movies, October, Spike Jonze, Where The Wild Things Are, WTWTA on June 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I haven’t been this excited since my Mum bought me a Cindy doll in 1988.
Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are is my favourite book of all time. My Granddad bought me it when I was five years old, and a few months later I had listened to the story so many times that I [...]
Finally! A Curriculum We Could Learn To Love…
Posted in Childcare, Children, England, Teaching, culture, preschool, tagged Children, Creative, Creative Curriculum, KS1, Learning, music, National Curriculum, Oxford Comma, preschool, school, teacher, Teaching, Vampire Weekend, video, you tube on February 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The school I work in has started introducing The Creative Curriculum. To cut a long story short, let me explain..
The Creative Curriculum is a thematic approach to learning and teaching, designed to support children’s natural curiosity and stimulative their creative abilities. It puts a high value on direct experience and the learning experiences that the [...]
Christmas Wishes..
Posted in Blog Pimping, Childcare, Children, England, Everybody's Talking About, Eye Candy, Family, Rant, Relationships, Secrets, Sex, Teaching, Weird and Wonderful, blogging, culture, growing up, humour, women, tagged Alan Rickman, apologies, Baby, Best Friend, Blog Pimping, Blogs, Burton Hillis, Cars, Childcare, Christmas, Christmas List, Christmas Wishes, Dear Santa, Education, Family, Fantasy, Forgiveness, Genie, Gina, Granddad, Have The T Shirt, humour, Jimmy Choo, Magic Lamp, Marriage, Mel Gibson, Mid-Life Crisis, Mother In Law, Multiple Orgasms, quotes, Santa, Shar Pei, Shoes, Teachers, Teaching, Thank you, Threesome, Unrealistic, Wedding, Wishes, Xmas on October 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Have The T-Shirt’s recent post has inspired me! With the dismal cloud of Christmas looming over us, I’m going to follow in her footsteps, and make a list for Santa!
This isn’t a list of presents I’m going to buy other people, nor is it a list of presents I’d like. It’s a list of (mostly [...]
Eighteen Empty Years..
Posted in Children, Family, Love, Personal, Relationships, growing up, tagged Family, Granddad, Relationships, Death, quotes, Grandparents, Helen Keller, Allphonse de Lamartine on October 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sometimes, when one person is absent, the whole world seems depopulated
- Allphonse de Lamartine
It’s over eighteen years since my Granddad died. I’m close to the majority of my family, but I was closest to him. And since the day he passed, the world has seemed a little emptier than it should. There’s been a [...]
Working Girl..
Posted in Childcare, Children, England, Relationships, Teaching, Work, preschool, tagged behaviour, Behavioural Problems, career, Childcare, Children, Education, job, kindergarten, Money, nursery, Primary Education, Primary School, quotes, Relationships, school, SEN, Special Educational Needs, teacher, Teaching Assistant, Tom Brokaw, Work on October 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s easy to make a buck. It’s a lot tougher to make a difference. ~Tom Brokaw
The other-half had become quite accustomed to me not working. He came home from work to find his dinner on the table, his lunch packed up for work the next day. His washing and ironing was [...]
Childhood Fears..
Posted in Childcare, Children, Personal, Psychology, growing up, tagged bedtime, buried alive, childhood, Children, claustrophobic, Dad, Daddy, dogs, failure, Fear, growing up, Kids, marie curie, monsters, moths, quotes, scared, scary, spiral staircase, understanding on September 9, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
Marie Curie.
What were you most scared of as a child? Are you still scared of those same things now?
When I was a kid, I wasn’t scared of anything. There were no monsters under my bed, there were no skeletons in the [...]
The Un-employed Un-mum..
Posted in Childcare, Children, England, Motherhood, Work, parenting, preschool, tagged Childcare, childfree, Children, discrimination, hopscotch, job, kindergarten, mom, mommy, Motherhood, Mum, mummy, Nursery School, preschool, primary school teacher, school, teacher, temping, unemployed, unemployment, unfair, Work on September 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I am s l o w l y losing a grip on reality.
I walked out of my job after I saw one too many kids being left with fifteen year old students, with no CRBs, no qualifications, and absolutely no common sense. I saw staff being reduced to tears by a manager [...]
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