Some things are more Important that others
Dear Sackgirl and Botboy, When your first crush ignores you, your first love dumps you and the group of your choice splits up, you’ll be gutted. For a week. When you dye your hair red, and it turns out...
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Dear Sackgirl and Botboy What you see. As you watch your partner walk up to the bar in the crowded pub, you notice the good-looking blond moving towards the rail at the same time. You wonder if each...
View ArticleTen Nuggets of Knowledge
Technically, in the rules of the A-Z April Challenge, I should write about the letter K on Saturday. Well, it is still Saturday somewhere. It’s also time for the Ten Things of Thankful. With no...
View ArticleI just wanted to say one thing…
Dear Sackgirl Today I dropped you off at PGL – an adventure camp for kids. It’s the 1st time you’ve ever been away from home without me or another adult I know. I’m a little nervous, it’s true. So, we …
View ArticleAll that glitters is not gold
Dear Sackgirl and Botboy Adolescents are like Magpies. They are attracted to the bright shiny things in life. Sackgirl, you’ve already come across this (worryingly, that you even noticed) at the tender...
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Dear Sackgirl and Botboy As you are growing up, you will hear a lot of wisdom from everyone around you. Your friends at school will pass on things they have heard, from someone who heard it from their...
View ArticleOMG – old age on the horizon!
In case you wondered why I am writing a whole month of letters to my darling, delightful children, it’s all part of the A-Z April challenge, of which you can find out more here. Dear Sackgirl and...
View ArticleWhen life gives you lemons …
Dear Sackgirl and Botboy, I’m going to borrow some words here from your daddy. This was part of the speech he gave at our wedding, and a phrase I have never forgotten. I’d now like to thank my...
View ArticleA whole lot of kick arse.
Dear Sackgirl and Botboy, Do you know what I like about Xena, Warrior Princess? She kicks arse. She can handle herself, protect herself, stand up for herself. She knows her own mind, does her own...
View ArticleLet’s Zip it up!
Dear Sackgirl and Botboy Its here. The end of April. The end of the A-Z Challenge. I started this challenge convinced of my own insanity. And – with a song. A song about Sunscreen. There was...
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