One girl's battle with life
I wish I could show you the inside. If anyone wants to judge people on the breadline, just take a look at Fife's finest cell block flats; the road names have pretty places but the leaking buildings tell the truth. I grew up in such a middle class lifestyle yet I feel more at home… Continue reading The price some people pay
I am a strong woman. In spite of the turmoil I have been through and am currently going under, I am still here. I keep going because life goes on. I never considered stopping since that one time with a bottle of gin when the moon shone down onto my groovy chick bedspread, age appropriate.… Continue reading Strength
Overheard on the playground..."why do we have to make good choices, though? Who decides they're good?" So schools are full of restorative conversations but they are very much supportive of the children figuring their own challenges out. Take emotion works or the five step program. Yes we teach children about their emotions. But we don't… Continue reading It’s good to explain
I made some pretty big changes a few years ago. But it's the slow loss of the small items that has got me remembering today. It's those meaningless yet useful items that speak of a different time. The brand new car manual kept nearly in a box, from the days when I kept items neatly… Continue reading It’s the small things…
We all need a higher power to believe in. Some type of hope. I just don't believe religion is the right word. I prefer the word 'community'. According to the Cambridge dictionary online, the word 'community' means "the people living in one particular area or people who are considered as a unit because of their common interests, social group, or nationality". We all belong to communities of shared thought or ideals, shared local… Continue reading Community should be the new religion… and also the new government…
I see time differently. Time passes differently depending on how I'm experiencing it, being aware of it passing can cause me stress. I cannot predict how I will feel so I operate in two modes: aware of time and not. When I'm aware, I generally keep an eye on the time, keep a track of… Continue reading Thinking Differently
I hate internet shopping. Knowing what you want to buy doesn't make it any easier. If you know the type of item but are unsure on brand, you could trawl hundreds of items on any site. Sure, Google has a handy 'shopping' feature that allows you to search for item ('red jumper' or 'usb stick')… Continue reading Internet shopping
I have had issues with control my entire life. I know now that this is a lot more related to my childhood than me. One parent who acted like a child and another who avoided as much as he could. One parent who would try to micro manage my every move and one parent who… Continue reading Control
I'm beginning to see the problem. Kids are now smarter than their parents. kids won't blindly listen to you. They won't follow rules they don't understand. They won't let you get away with fobbing them off. They are treated with respect in school by teachers (as far as I can see, in the UK, teachers… Continue reading We don’t need to hold parents to account… the children are doing it for us… if only we would listen to the children.
I should have become a parent and become paid by the state to be a parent. The parents have it easy. Feed and clothe the kids, send them to school and sit around the house all day with a bottle of MD, moving the washing along and cooking dinner. It's teachers who have the raw… Continue reading Should have been a parent
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