I Am A Retired Mom!

My life changed irrevocably on the 29th of April, 1988.  I was just 23 years old and though I was aware that there would be changes, I didn’t realise they would be so drastic. In one day, I became an adult and a mother of twins. My pregnancy was not the easiest, but the reality…

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The Gift Of Reading – a must have for every parent!

Have you as a parent wring your hands in despair at the thought of getting your child to read? Help is here in my latest book, “The Gift of Reading”. When my twin daughters were born, I like every other parent, dreamed of a happy successful future for them.  My heart was filled with so much…

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Have You Finished Your Homework?

  Over  the last few days, there have been a lot of messages on social media regarding kids who are missing. Most of them have thankfully been found again, but the trend is scary, because a lot of these kids have run away from home or school. The comments on the social media groups regarding…

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Wheelchair Wonderings

Our trip to Bali had been planned over a year ago. My daughters were insistent that a holiday was much needed. And it was true. I couldn’t remember the last time I really had a restful holiday that was just a holiday and didn’t have a wedding or an engagement attached to it; or for…

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