Tag Archives: realisations

On Things I Never Ever Want To Forget About You

Posted on February 7, 2012 by exmi

It goes so quickly. I can barely remember you being a small teeny-tiny baby. All I remember is that the sole of your foot fit perfectly in the palm of my hand. But right now. So many little things happen … Continue reading →

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I Wish I Could Explain Perfection

Posted on February 6, 2012 by exmi

He’s beautiful. I cannot believe how much of a difference there is in his personality now that he’s four years old. No more baby. Not even a little boy. No more a toddler. He’s a fully-fledged boy’s boy. Hulk-smashing, Thundercats-loving, … Continue reading →

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On Christmas Concerts: He May Not Have Been The Star Of The Show (Baby Jesus) But He Made A Bloody Cute Sheep

Posted on November 7, 2011 by exmi

Right?

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On The Lizard: So Over It And Can’t Do It Anymore

Posted on November 4, 2011 by exmi

It’s official, I am the world’s worst person. I am one of those people that buys an exotic pet, and then a few months down the line, gives that exotic pet away. I fail. I throw my hands up in … Continue reading →

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On My Son, The Artist – He’s Quite An Impressionist, I Tell You

Posted on October 27, 2011 by exmi

This is a picture my almost-four-year-old son drew the other day. “This is mommy,” he says. “Mommy when she’s cross*.” * In my defense: it was probably because I’d just discovered this, behind the couch. In permanent marker.

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It Breaks My Heart That It’s True

Posted on August 3, 2011 by exmi

It’s not easy being a parent. It doesn’t get easier. In fact, it gets more complicated, the bigger he gets and the older he gets. He’s willful, stubborn, impatient and has ears that are purely for decorational purposes – they … Continue reading →

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It’s All About The Weekend

Posted on August 2, 2011 by exmi

For the first time, in a long time, I’ve ventured out of the house on the weekend. Winter is the perfect excuse for spending too much time on the couch, under a quilt, watching Grey’s Anatomy. (I’m now on Season … Continue reading →

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I Think Perhaps, That I Wasn’t Clear

Posted on July 29, 2011 by exmi

Certain things I said in my last post, seem to have been taken too literally. So I’d like to take the opportunity to try to explain myself and what I meant, more clearly. When I said that I always thought … Continue reading →

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If It’s Not For Keeps, Then Why Bother?

Posted on July 28, 2011 by exmi

Something someone said to me, at the beginning of this year stuck in my mind. Advice that I’m not entirely sure didn’t have a slight tinge of bitterness and malice. However it was given, the advice was to the effect … Continue reading →

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It Seems I’m Not The Only One

Posted on July 4, 2011 by exmi

That has doubts and has begun questioning. Asking why we do it, why we put ourselves out there. Why we share, share and overshare. Why we blog, why we write. Why we give so much of ourselves, without second thought. … Continue reading →

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