Archive | Ponderings

17 April 2013 ~ 6 Comments

Losing family

“Can one lose their family?” Its a question I’ve asked myself repeatedly over the last 6 years. As some of you know we have had quite a lot of drama, heartache and nastiness with B’s family over the course of the last 6 years. Some days it was consuming and the hurt so deep that [...]

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23 January 2013 ~ 1 Comment

Dream job

liRemember bing little and having people ask, “What to you want to be when you grow up?” ? Back then every boy wanted to be a fireman, police man or pilot and every little girl wanted to be a doctor, vet or a mommy.  As girls got older, were told that being a mom was [...]

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29 October 2012 ~ 3 Comments

My body, My story

In a society that is so obsessed with how we look, I wonder how many stop to think of the story that their body tells. I’ve been thin, I’ve been not-so-thin. I’ve been fit, I’ve been unfit. I’ve been buff, too buff.  I’ve been healthy, I’ve been not-so-healthy. I’ve been anorexic, I’ve tried to be [...]

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10 September 2012 ~ 4 Comments

Mommy Blogger

Hi, my name is Lauren and I’m a mommy blogger. Or am I? I’m a mom who blogs about my sprogs and our lives (when I blog ). These days being a “mommy blogger” seems to imply that 1 has to be endorsed, sponsored or paid to write I am none of those things! I’m [...]

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28 August 2012 ~ 1 Comment

Just some words

Everybody has a story. We all have life events, both good and bad, that have shaped who we are and how we respond to things that happen from there on out. When it comes to the bad, we either grow stronger and learn from it or we become trapped and sometimes even crippled by it. [...]

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13 August 2012 ~ 2 Comments

“I want to ride my bicycle…

I want to ride my bike.” We’ve been hearing a lot of that lately.  It seems that the cycling bug has again bitten our sprogs. I get asked at least 25 times a day if we can go cycle in the road or on the cycling track. Don’t get me wrong, I’m thrilled that they’re [...]

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08 August 2012 ~ 0 Comments

An issue I’m having

Family, we (hopefully) all have them. It’s never all sunshine and roses, but it is good… In fact mine is pretty darn awesome! As is my extended family (mom, brothers, dad, brothers other halves).  My immediate family (the sprogs and B) are amazingly perfect… Most of the time I wish I could say it was [...]

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22 July 2012 ~ 2 Comments

50 Shades… My take

No, this is not a review on the book. I haven’t read it and I have no intention of reading it. These are just my ramblings and thoughts on the hype surrounding it. We all know that the book is classified as erotica.  We know that it has been read by millions of women worldwide. [...]

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22 July 2012 ~ 2 Comments

Standing on the shoulders of giants…

“If I had seen further, it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants.”  Sir Isaac Newton We stand on the shoulders of giants. We would not be where we are today, if it was not for the these giants. ( and even though my brothers are giants, I’m being metaphorical).  :) We have [...]

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10 May 2012 ~ 3 Comments

Superhero

A friend on FaceBook asked, “if you could be any superhero, who would you be?” There were the usual responses of Batman, Superman, Ironman (only men responded) and it got me thinking of who would I be. It took me about 2 minutes to realise that I’d be myself . I’m a mom, I’m the [...]

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