Even with all the attention he gets because of his (still can't call his Ocular Albinism a condition. I've been staring at this screen for five minutes looking for a word to replace it. Disability sounds even worse. I will go with "needs") needs, Yon is still a second child, and I often feel guilty for neglecting him, for not giving him my full and undivided attention, for not giving him the same...
July 31, 2013
July 29, 2013
Lost on Twitter and small acts of kindness
I am new to the world of serious blogging. I've been blogging for quite a while now, a few years to be exact - my first blog was in a pseudonym, my second a closed family-friends one, and this one is my first real attempt to get my stories "out-there", to try and reach as many people as I can. This blog is a year old nowadays, and yet it isn't, because it took me a while to learn this world of "real"...
July 24, 2013
Children's accounts - yay or nay?
On Monday I attended a workshop with Mumsnet and Barclay's Bank to help the bank "understand parents and families better". When they called me, they promised a day filled with fun, food and great people. To say I was coping well prior to going would be a flat out lie. I was terrified. You see, it had all the making of an actual nightmare for me - going to a place I don't know, full with people I...
July 22, 2013
Teachers goodbye and gratitude
It's Monday again, which means it's time to write about my Magic Moment the kid's Amazing Achievements, and my Reasons to be cheerful. Well, this week is a little bit different, because they hadn't happened yet. My magic moment and all will be on Tuesday, when I take the kids to school for their second to last day of school, and give my thank you presents to their teachers.
A...
July 18, 2013
Being seen
Yon is four, and all of last week I was planning to write this big post, full of superlatives and emotional stuff to make even the most stone-hearted person cry, one that will make up for all my guilt over not celebrating on the actual date, because of us not wanting to disturb his midweek routine, over him not having a proper party (except for a family one at home, because he really didn't show any...
July 16, 2013
I love my baby, but...
"Stop whining. I can't understand you when you're whining". Is what I tell my children, almost every single day. And it's what I say to the computer screen almost every single day. No. Not because I'm crazy (okay maybe a little, I do talk to my computer after all. But the way I see it, the real question is - does he answer? and as long as the answer is no, I'm in the clear), but because I am reading...
July 12, 2013
My firstie
Last Friday I had an adventure. To say that my life is usually quite boring will be the understatement of the year. I lead the stereotype of a suburbs-stay-at-home-mum life, and I don't even live in the suburbs. I live a short tube ride away from all the interesting places, but the truth is it usually turns out that I spend most of my days gazing outside the window thinking to myself...
July 10, 2013
Small Steps - Amazing Achievements. Stopping to look.
There is a beautiful thing going around the Special Needs blogosphere, a weekly link-party where you Basically share a positive outlook on your child's condition, it's called "small steps - amazing achievements" and is hosted by the Blog author of Ethan's Escapades. I found it last week, and it was there this week as well. It's just that this week she invited me to join in. She doesn't know me,...
July 8, 2013
Celebrating Summer
Summer has arrived to London, and not in date only. It's been warm (without the compulsory "ish"), it's been sunny, it's been sportive. Truth be told, I've never been a huge fan of summer. Growing up in a country that sees the 30 degrees mark come May, together with a stickiness that can't be explained or described, you learn to appreciate the winter, or rather those three...
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