May you grow up and have a daughter who is as horrible as you! Ha ha ha!"She makes me so mad that I just want to tear her face into little bitty pieces like a tissue." A while back, this is what a dear friend said to me about her teenage daughter, as she vented… Continue reading The Curse of Daughters
Category: motherhood
Big Kiss Noises for Motherhood.
And my third and final favourite oldie post was (of course) one inspired by the Great Love of my Life...the Beast. The Young family went for a ride tonight to open the mail. I hate going for a ride as a family because the car is a Santa Fe and there's seven of us and… Continue reading Big Kiss Noises for Motherhood.
Falling in Love
(Several of my friends have recently become new mothers. As I rejoice with them in their discovery of this wondrous thing called motherhood, I am reminded of my own first steps on this endless journey. In honor of fiercely beautiful and strong new mothers like Fotu, Vivienne, Manuia and soon-to-be Vanessa - I am sharing… Continue reading Falling in Love
I feel your pain Naomi.
It’s tough being a supermodel. Like Naomi Campbell. You have to interrupt your holiday on the Riviera to do mundane things like testify at an international Crimes Tribunal. About THAT weekend a LOOOOONG time ago when you were ‘hanging out’ at a South African Presidential palace and some gangster type leader was one of the… Continue reading I feel your pain Naomi.
Expect the worst.
Today my mother told me I needed to ‘keep a close eye’ on my teenage son. ‘He’s going astray, he’s getting up to no good…’ How does she know this? Because at church he was walking with a slight slouch, a ‘I don’t have a crooked back Im really doing a cool as cool walk.’… Continue reading Expect the worst.
A Sad tale of Swarovski crystals.
Most weeks I enjoy Sunday church. Especially now that Bella the Beast goes to her nursery class all by herself without screaming and tantrums. Sunday church is refreshing and uplifting. A tall glass of rejuvenation. Yesterday was NOT one of those Sundays. It was a disgustingly hot day. One where thick globs of humidity stuck… Continue reading A Sad tale of Swarovski crystals.
I gave you LIFE!
I am getting old. Because i find myself saying things to my children like...*"When i was young, we never had cellphones. Heck, they weren't even invented yet!" - They all look awe-struck at this announcement. Their eyes get a faraway look as they try to imagine...a world WITHOUT cellphones...and me, their mother is a prehistoric… Continue reading I gave you LIFE!
Lani Wendt Young 