Can I really sustain “perfect”?
Without the guidance needed to navigate step parenting in the early days, I discovered that I was only ever perfect or imperfect as a step parent. And I’d love to say that that’s just me putting pressure on myself. Kinda is. But it’s so much more than that.
10 things you know to be true if you have a blended family
As featured in Mamamia… 10 things you know to be true if you have a blended family
The Fart Trap
It’s bedtime for Mykenzie and a bathroom war breaks out. I can hear the glass shower door being pushed and pulled. Judah laughing. Luca asking him to stop. Right beside Mykenzie’s bedroom where 3-year-old FOMO is real.
Come fly with me
It’s August 2022 and the world has well and truly reopened. I know because my Insta feed told me so. I know because the legs of my travel bug are a bit crawly. And there is no denying a travel bug that wants to crawl.
The Love Cups
In October 2018, I found out I was pregnant. For so many reasons, it felt entirely unbelievable… and yet, it was very real – we were adding to the Cayley’s. Baby makes 8 (humans).
Did we just become best friends?
Until I realised I was moving in to the stepmum days, I didn’t have stepmum days friends yet. Until I met and fell in love with Mal, I hadn’t needed stepmum days friends.
So I got deliberate.
Is the sacrifice and reward proportionate?
Well, if that ain’t the mother of all questions! And we can ask it about many things in life. For now, it’s going to be a question of stepparenting. Is the sacrifice of being a stepparent proportionate to the reward of being a stepparent? Eeeeeeeeeppppppp… taboo!!