My best friend spots me coming up the driveway and throws me a sympathetic look. Unusually, I have a bedraggled, just-got-out- of-the-shower look, I’m running late and am clearly not doing well this morning as I impatiently cajole my three wayward children towards the house.
‘Sick in your hair again?’ she asks without preamble.
I nod, knowing [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Other Mothers'
No need for small talk
September 19th, 2007 · No Comments · Other Mothers
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Being a stay at home mother is/is not hard
August 21st, 2007 · No Comments · Other Mothers, Stay at Home Mother
I don’t care what anyone says: my job as a stay-at-home-mother is really hard sometimes.
The baby cried from about two o’clock this morning onwards and when light finally appeared it was obvious why when I saw this around his mouth: an allergic reaction to something he ate yesterday (although I’ve no idea what)
and he is [...]
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Too busy
February 28th, 2007 · No Comments · Other Mothers
Already weary from a morning which has had to be planned with military precision, the mother queues for a parking spot in the crowded car park. Toddlers and pre-schoolers dart between cars while their impatient mothers gather lunchboxes and hats.
Forced to the furthest point in the car park she unloads the children and then swings [...]
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Kick a girl while she’s down
January 20th, 2005 · Comments Off · Other Mothers
I feel like a little bit of the joie de vivre that I have been experiencing of late has been given a major blow from a supercilious bitch who I had the misfortune to run into today. It was a subtle, didn’t-see-it-coming, below the belt kind of kick. The kind of barbed comment delivered with [...]
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