Five

A long overdue post … They say that in the newborn phase, the first six weeks or so fly past while you merrily wallow in the punch-drunk baby love haze.  That is also clearly true when one turns five! Happy 5th (and six weeks) birthday Carrie-bear! Baby girl, Now you are five! A full hand, a …

Six

My darling Alex, Six is not a very big number. It is the number of legs on an insect or the largest number of dots on standard dice. Six is half a dozen; or the most harmonious of single digit numbers (if you are into numerology.) According to Winnie the Pooh, it is when we …

Three…

My Dear Caris It seems like just the other day you were a thumpety-thump sound accompanying a grainy blob on a black and white screen. My surprise pregnancy. My "Oh my God, how am I going to tell your father" baby. I can still feel the tears stinging in the corners of my eyes when …

My children from another mother

I don't think any little girl daydreams about being a step mom. They do have a terribly bad reputation after all, especially considering how the Cinderella story ended up.  And it certainly was never on my bucket list. But here I am; step-mother to two grown up "children", who came into my life courtesy of …

Letter for Alex

My dear Alex In January 2008, we went on a family holiday to Mauritius. Conceiving you was always in the back of my mind as I swam, sat in the sun, read, and probably drank too many Mojito's. (Which I did feel rather guilty about when I found out I was pregnant!) Not that I …