Remember to use the Magic Words My daughter asked if she was allowed to have a milo after school on day and I said, "What's the magic word" without even thinking about the question. I stopped what I was doing for a moment and I waited for the response... I turned back to what I was doing, believing that I am not going to encourage poor manners, she could come back in five minutes and try again. Five minuted later passes in Mum time (So that would be when I had finished what I

Holidays are here! As I walk around the quiet house and prepare for work like every other day, the kids are still in bed at 7 in the morning enjoying the rest that only sleep can bring. I peak my head into their rooms wondering if any of them want to have breakfast with their Mum, but I don't want to break the peace that settles on a sleeping house. I know that I can get a few things done around the house before they are awake enough to distract me for productive thoughts. I

When I woke in the morning I could hear faceless whispers taunt me from the shadows. I would walk in an attempt to clear my mind for the day, but I questioned who the voices could be and what stories they had to tell. I would peer into the shadows searching for more information, but they had gone silent. The stresses of real life were too loud for whispers to be heard clearly. While my day passed completing mundane tasks the voices rested, reaching their tendrils toward me in