Change Ready or Not

I guess you always experiment on the first child because you are learning the ropes. Sometimes we can make a big mistake thinking that one size fits all. I have two children both of whom are different. Thank God! When my first child was at primary school she couldn't understand maths. Or should I say she was finding it challenging.  I spoke to her teacher to see if there was anything that I could do to help. The response was that she would grow into it and to give her time and see. So I gave it time and each parent consultation I walked away feeling that I was not helping my child. Each time she had homework I found I was more and more frustrated with her. I used to yell at her for not doing the work and when she gave me dumb answers I used to go ballistic.  screamin by ralaenin Yeah I know not a good look but I know you have been there.   I had  timetable posters plastered on all the walls in her room. More posters to help her than I had art work hanging ...

Sometimes it is so hard to think about how to move on from a situation that you may find yourself in. Not everyone has a faith to cling to when the road you're on is shaking to its foundations. Not everyone has the ear of good friends to talk to who will truly listen: A skill that few seem to possess because they want so much to help you solve your problems or to stop you from hurting. Not everyone can afford to go to counselling.  I don't know if we really realise just how deep our feelings about some things can run. Sometimes it can be so deep that we are not even aware of it. I don't know about you but I've buried my feelings so deep that I  thought, because Ostricch by Pawny@rgbstock.com I couldn't find words to express how I felt, that it was obvious that I felt nothing. Wrong!  I felt deeply. I might not have had the words but I sure bloody had the feelings. I also thought that because my feel...

Welcome to a new beginning, a fresh start and new adventures ahead. I know there are some things I will look Zela@rgbstock.com forward to whilst some others will fill me with fear. If anything 2014 proved to me that I am a survivor. Some things have gone my way while others have not. That’s life I'm afraid. Some things I liked while there were others that I didn't like. Some things I handled well while others I wished I had handled better. One thing that I can rest assured will happen is that things will change. Why? Because life changes and I have changed too. I know that some of the changes that lay ahead will be embraced while others I may want to resist. None the less change will come.  I celebrated my birthday yesterday and what might have filled me with dread earlier on in the year was not the reality that I had imaged.  I witnessed an outpouring of love. For the first time, in a long while, I recognised it and embraced it. It felt incredible! I felt like what...