At 37 weeks pregnant the exhaustion is quite overwhelming; I am getting very breathless and finding it difficult to stand. Yesterday I told the children that I would not be able to play “you can’t catch me” anymore. What a disappointment I am. I have never felt this tired in a pregnancy before. From my… Continue reading 11. Rollercoasters and other metaphors
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9. Upon stopping to smell the roses
For many years I have had a somewhat obsessive-compulsive/guilt-motivated relationship with the old “stop and smell the roses” cliché. When out walking, if I passed a fence overhung with roses, I simply had to stop to smell them because otherwise I felt I was not truly ‘embracing life’. The wisdom of the old adage was… Continue reading 9. Upon stopping to smell the roses
8. The strange life of a foster child
Last weekend we took the four little ducks on an outing to the city to visit Wildlife World and the Aquarium. To be completely honest, the whole day was a bit of a disaster. It was long and tiring, filled with tears and tantrums. Miss A complained a lot. Miss L cried often, wanting to… Continue reading 8. The strange life of a foster child
6. My turn, my turn!
Love is supposed to keep no record of wrongs, but perhaps if I recorded a few petty grievances, it might lighten the load a little… What is annoying me? -These children wake up switched ON. They do not want to ease into the day, and they seem confused when others awaken a little grumpy and… Continue reading 6. My turn, my turn!
1. About Us
This blog is about my family’s transition from two children under 5 to five children under 5 in the space of three months. The main players? Me (Mother Duck), my husband (Daddy Duck), our 4 year old son (Mr E), 2 year old daughter (Miss R) and unborn baby (Let’s just call him “Baby” for… Continue reading 1. About Us
5. One Week In
One week ago, we made the final trek out to our nieces’ foster carers’ house and brought them home. Since then, I have tried to write a couple of times, but I struggled to find the words that adequately summarised how I am feeling. So here goes. I knew in my head that this was… Continue reading 5. One Week In
4. First Contact–> First Sleep Over
(Monday 28th September 2015) How did we move so quickly and so far in the space of one week? On one Friday, we met our nieces for the first time in about 20 months (they had been so young when we last met that they had probably forgotten who we were). Even though we had… Continue reading 4. First Contact–> First Sleep Over
3. The Transition Plan
(Wednesday 16th September) My heart rate hasn’t slowed all day. I feel a little queasy, a bit jittery. My mind is a useless, buzzing haze. This morning I received an email from our caseworker with our draft transition plan attached. After nearly nine months of waiting for phone calls to be returned, so little progress,… Continue reading 3. The Transition Plan
2. Our year of growing up
My husband and I have been a couple since I was in my mid-teens; he in his late teens. We married when I was 18 (no, I was not pregnant), and for the first six years of our marriage lived in a self-contained granny flat behind my parents’ house. During that time we both obtained… Continue reading 2. Our year of growing up
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