Sometimes parenting is the most difficult job in the world. You are desperate to get it right and then situations present themselves that...

All my life I’ve been looking to the wrong place, the wrong source to fill the holes and to help in all situations. When times are tough and...

Back in September JJ started secondary school and he had a new pair of what looked to be really sturdy leather shoes. Here we are just four ...

I feel like Christmas is a distant memory now and I'm happy the new year is here; there is still that feeling of expectation and...

Success on Blackboard from Shutterstock 'Know your worth bloggers' is a phrase I see or hear again and again. On Facebook, in ...

Pop Photo Art Oops Image from Shutterstock I've always been very honest on this blog and to be fair, my raw posts are often the on...

It’s that time of year again, when we all reflect on our lives and the year gone by and many of us decide to make some changes and set some ...

During the run up to Christmas and this last week whilst the kids have still been off school we have been enjoying at least one family fi...

All the preparations are done, the kids have finished school and we are now off visiting family and friends.  Our Christmas will be a l...

I love Christmas, it is such a fun time and one I always look forward to. In the old days it meant time off Uni or work and plenty of dre...

We all know that Mums generally lead a busy life and let's be honest many dads do as well. Recent research commissioned by Toby Car...

I was super pleased when our small gym was given a make-over recently. It is in the basement of the main house at the conference centre wher...

I'll make a confession to you and I'm sure I'm not the only parent who feels this way but I really dislike having to play mak...

It is all too easy to feel like you are failing at parenting. Whilst there are hundreds of manuals and books giving you instruction on th...

This is Ted, Alfie & Pinkie. Today I am #grateful for Miss E listening to me. After coming home from #blogfest15 I had to chat to...

I'm a big fan of Internet based on-demand TV, we have been using it for about 18 months now since we moved to the countryside and wer...

This is the view from one of the prayer rooms in the prayer centre just a few steps from my house. I'll be spending lots of time in ...

If you are anything like me you may get flighty ideas of taking the kids for a nice weekend away in London and then you start to think pr...

This was the shout I heard most mornings about 8.30am during half-term week. My twins are just 8 years old but already they want to get out ...

I'd love to credit this, but I have no idea where it is from. I shared it from a friends FB post but it is not hers What happened in...