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How Santa is destroying Christmas for our kids…

November 19, 2025 By Ellen 4 Comments

I dithered about allowing Boy Three to go to his after school club’s Christmas Party – and here’s why… Claus for concern pic: Kevin Dooley via Flickr It’s supposed to be magical. Children waiting for the kindly, bearded chap to deliver their heart’s desire into an old sock on Christmas Eve. Then they ooh and […]

Filed Under: Christmas, family, Father Christmas, grottoes, ho ho ho, Humbug, Santa Tagged With: boys, children, Christmas, family, festive, hohoho, humbug, in my life, in the world, Santa, something happened in my world

The problem with mindful eating

September 23, 2025 By Ellen

Slow, deliberate mouthfuls, savouring every crumb, only giving your body exactly what it needs and not a dribble more. Great. A wonderful theory – in fact more than a theory. Mindful eating really works, when done, erm, mindfully. If you pay attention to what your body is telling you, you eat better food and fewer […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned Tagged With: children, food, Glasgow, health, humour, hunger, mindful eating, mindfulness, Something happened in my life

Things That Make Life Easier In The First Year Of Motherhood

June 30, 2025 By Ellen

  The first year of motherhood is a big adjustment – it’s tiring, repetitive, and often overwhelming, especially in the early months when the days run into each other and you’re trying to keep up with a baby who changes constantly. A lot of it is lovely, but a lot of it is hard too, […]

Filed Under: family, review Tagged With: baby, parenthood, parenting

4 Reasons To Get In The Kitchen with Kids and Cook!

October 19, 2023 By Ellen

  Cooking is one of the best skills you can teach your children, and having them help out in the kitchen in any way can support healthy development and give them valuable life skills as they grow up.   Cooking can help you incorporate many different skills and assist with their development in many different […]

Filed Under: 365, family, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: cooking, education, family, kids, Review

Priorities – 100 words

May 30, 2023 By Ellen

Priorities   Will the world be better with my poem in it? We won’t find out if I hang out the laundry first, or answer emails and scroll some internet fluff.   The world may not care what I write about varifocals or politicians or heatwaves, but it won’t get the chance to judge if […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, boys, family, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, creative writing, poetry, writing

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