https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTWXBtq5aYg "And I know I don't possess you, with all my heart, God bless you." I adore this song. The girls and I have been listening to the Mamma Mia 2 soundtrack on high rotation, not for the first time. We all love ABBA (how can you not?!), we love Mamma Mia 1 and 2 … Continue reading Tunes Tuesday: My Love, My Life
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Midwife Emerging.
I came to midwifery much later in life, beginning study at 30 years of age when my eldest was just 1, and graduating 5 years later when my youngest was just shy of 3. It was a gruelling path and I would not have stuck to it through all the trials, tribulations, sacrifice and anxiety … Continue reading Midwife Emerging.
Tunes Tuesday with Phemie, My Sunshine
https://youtu.be/5hF7whT3P_Q ❤Dear email subscribers, please click the title to access the Youtube link❤ Disclaimer: There may be some cleaning up in the kitchen sounds courtesy of my beautiful mother. What can I say, we're keeping it real! I've loved to sing as long as I can remember. Choosing between having to lose my legs or … Continue reading Tunes Tuesday with Phemie, My Sunshine
On Cautious Optimism
Christmas 2020 School holidays suck for writing. I barely managed to scrape in the last Tunes Tuesday at the last minute by the skin of my teeth. Since then, it's been the lead up to Christmas, full time parenting, and then, of course Christmas, which was lovely and boozy and very pleasant. Christmas Day was … Continue reading On Cautious Optimism
Tuesday Tunes for My Mother, With Love
This one needs some wine. Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)- Billy Joel ❤ Email subscribers click on the title above to access my YouTube channel link ❤ https://youtu.be/YTPyPOl3LMQ At the end of a year such as this, marred by so much destruction, death and heartache as natural disasters rip through our lands and Covid-19 claims far … Continue reading Tuesday Tunes for My Mother, With Love
On Showing Affection
I'll have whatever they're having, thanks. A couple of days ago I wrote about my deep appreciation for the apparently 'little' things people do that actually are not so little, but rather represent great love- and affection. I have always been an affectionate person. My nickname in the lower years of high school was "Huggy … Continue reading On Showing Affection
To Have and To Hold
My lady's blood pressure measured 148/100. That couldn't be right. She was a healthy antenatal woman, expecting her first child at 40 years old after several miscarriages and a long struggle to fall pregnant. She would be with us on the ward until her induction of labour as close to term (37 weeks and over) … Continue reading To Have and To Hold
“I can see the fat on your body.”
Photo by Andrea Piacquadio on Pexels.com These are the exact words uttered by my 6 year old straight shooter as she watched me get dressed a couple of days ago. "I can see the fat on your body mummy." What. The. HELL? My head snapped to face her, mouth agape in disbelief. My dress lay … Continue reading “I can see the fat on your body.”
Inspiration
It has been missing for so long. I forgot what it feels like, to be so excited about something you literally cannot wait to get started. Perhaps the last time I felt like that was when I started studying midwifery...8 years ago. Inspiration came out of the blue yesterday, through a fairly unlikely source. Dad. … Continue reading Inspiration
Thirty-something and Soul-Searching in Suburbia 