The Inadvertent Parent

I've just read that queen bees are made, not born. " Female worker bees and the queen bee have the same genes... and any female lar...

** Disclaimer: Somehow, in making a brief grammar edit, I've republished this as a new post. I'm sad to say that the last paragraph ...

It's been a rough couple of weeks... months... fuck it, years. Life usually feels a lot like battling Australian wildfires with a drippi...

If you'd have told me 5 years ago that I'd be desperate for a diagnosis of ADHD for my baby, I'd have laughed you ou...

We went to the memorials today. As we reached the last one at the top of La Rambla, a taxi procession took place to thank the drivers who t...

July was a lucky month for Barcelona. A train crash at  Estació de França resulted in many injuries but no fatalities, and a fire at Tomorro...

When we lose someone we love, the last thing we feel is lucky.  Yet, to have known someone whose loss leaves such a big hole in our lives th...

It's no surprise to the people who know me well that Dom was a complete surprise to me.  Having kids wasn't in the long-term plan an...

Well, not quite.  I recently had a post published at www.muminfo.com, titled The Joys and Challenges of Raising a Child Abroad, and was as...

I just got back from a trip to Liverpool with Dom.  I was apprehensive about flying with an energetic two-year-old, especially as it's t...

I've been struggling a little bit with patience lately - nothing major, I just haven't been as calm and relaxed as I'd like to b...

I've steered clear of wading in on the whole breastfeeding discussion in this blog because - well, frankly, it's been done to death...