Life is NOT a beach!

Vacations are lovely, refreshing escapes from life.

Right fellow baby peeps, I feel the need to share, so listen up good.

Why do siblings squabble? This is an age-old question that has many a wise man in fits of utter vexation.

(Lets face it kids are full of honesty, they say it as they see it. This is a new column written from the ‘HONEST’ obser...

Growing up I was never one of those overtly maternal girls.

I’m not sure how it happened but 2014 is here. With a bang of a firework and a hoot of a horn, the firecrackers blast in the n...

(Lets face it kids are full of honesty, they say it as they see it. This is a new column written from the ‘HONEST’ obser...

Well it’s that time of the year, gloriously arriving with a thunderous bang of melodious carols and Xmas décor hijackin...

(Lets face it kids are full of honesty, they say it as they see it. This is a new column written from the ‘HONEST’ obser...

After a hazardous day of parenting there’s nothing more I look forward to than a nice bath followed by a huge steaming cup...

(Lets face it kids are full of honesty, they say it as they see it. This is a new column written from the ‘HONEST’ obser...

“Opposites attract” is a famous phrase when used to explain when couples who are so different in nature get together.

Bringing up children is not a lazy afternoon walk in the park.

Big Sister runs screaming through the house “WHOOOPPPEEEE, pool, pool, pool”, not so happy me gets rudely woken!!

The household is in a stir..what is the reason for all this commotion I ask you,

We all expect to grow up and have fairytale endings, being married to the love of your life surrounded by beautiful bouncy children....

I sit surrounded by the lazy chaos of a Sunday family lunch. Various family members of all shapes and sizes mull around the table, s...

As a baby sitting in my chair I have lots of time for contemplation. Yes, yes, I know everyone loves a baby, but we secretly know th...

“The first of November is All Saints’ Day according to the Christian calendar. It is followed by All Souls’ Day wh...

As the end of the year draws closer so does the end of the term’s dreaded exams. As a parent with young children I find gettin...

I might be a baby with not much experience under my little diaper belt but I do say that these people who call themselves adults tru...

Marie in New York types a letter to her friend Shyami in far away Sri Lanka and e-mails it.Ten minutes later, Shyami smiles as she r...

Woke up to a throbbing pain in my head. How did that happen?...I feel so hot, has the airconditioning gone belly up, have we moved c...

Through the Looking Glass

Through the Looking Glass

My son happens to be the only boy in a family of four children. He is surrounded by women, with his sisters who pester him, a mother...

“It’s the end of another week.  TGIF or Thank God it’s Friday!  Have you finished your work or do you ne...

I’m not sure what Mrs Pillay’s verdict on the country is BUT I can safely say that in our household, it is definitel...

As a child I remember looking forward to summer holidays with lighthearted happiness.