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I Know There Are Worst Things Than Parenting A Teenager With ADHD, But Sometimes It Doesn’t Fe
#2350944 / gettyimages.com http://www.tickld.com/x/father-finds-horrifying-letter-from-his-son-this-is-gold The story above was doing the rounds on social media last week. I get that it was meant to be funny and to most people it would have been. I did smile at the end. Bitterly. I read through the first part of the letter and a shiver ran through my…
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Healthy, Snacking Energy Balls For Tired, Middle-Aged Women
Okay, so I know they look like something the dog deposited in retribution for not getting a walk, but energy balls taste infinitely better than they look. I decided to go all Jamie Oliver yesterday and made some energy balls in an attempt to steer Kurt clear of energy drinks and plastic cereal and to…
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Middle Aged Stress: How Do You Escape?
I have this disease where I think that each day has thirty-six hours for me to fill, and I cram too much into them to handle and so I never relax. Then I become a bitter and twisted dragon lady at home. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/aog73940 And I have a tendency to moan about how busy my life…
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Too Middle-Aged For Trout Pouts And Cold Sores
New week, new outlook and new clients, I thought innocently on Monday morning. NEW FUCKING COLD SORE! Herpes labialis (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Is there anything as damaging to what self-esteem you have left than a fresh, newly- hatched cold sore on a Monday morning? I’m not vain (much), but I’m sure that most people still…
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The Family Crazy
In my early teens, I used to lose myself in television shows like Little House On The Prairie and The Waltons. Those television shows encapsulated the idea of the utopian family for me. They represented proper families, something I aspired to have more than anything else, when I grew up. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/52434112 I craved the ‘happy ever after’…
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The Anxiety Beast In Middle Age
I’m tired. English: An anxious person (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I know that feeling is justified as we approach the end of another year, and in particular the end of the school year, and the fatigue is further compounded by the shops that are already taunting us with Christmas trees and tacky Christmas carols. (Which, quite…
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Do You Still Seek Your Parents Approval In Middle Age?
When you make the decision to migrate to the other side of the world like I have, your relationship with your parents inevitably changes. #148466028 / gettyimages.com My dad and I never shared what you would describe as a conventional relationship. He was twenty years old when he had me and at the time was…
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Renee’s New Face And What Our Reaction Says About Women
English: Renee Zellweger in Miss Potter Premiere 2006. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I too am guilty of judging Renee Zellweger when I first saw those shots of her ‘new’ face splashed across my Facebook homepage. Shocked at first, I admit to then experiencing a secret, guilty pleasure that the sweet and natural face of Bridget Jones…
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Cook’s Cheat Sheet 1: 8 Wow Factor Salad Ingredients
Found on buzzfeed.com at http://www.pinterest.com That time of the month has come around again when I feel it is my duty to impart some of my culinary wisdom upon you. I’m feeling mildly excited about getting back into the kitchen this Summer, especially after my recent two-week ‘degustation’ holiday in the company of the master…
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Home Alone After You’re Married And Eating Chocolate In Bed
Obviously I adore my husband, but… http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/120398635 After thirty years crammed together in the marital womb, I quite like it when he goes away for a few days, leaving me to play. Even with the teens bouncing off the walls, the sudden appearance of their teenage mates who take up permanent residence on the couch…
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Unparalled Fear, Parallel Parking, Teenagers and ADHD
Kurt is driving. *makes sign of the cross even though atheist* #71895647 / gettyimages.com I said… another mad, irresponsible teenager has been let loose on the road. So if you are unfortunate enough to find yourself on the same piece of road as a young man in a silver Golf anywhere in the Lower North…
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What Did You Learn From Your Parents? I Learnt About Eating And Drinking Really Well
MY father taught me how to drink alcohol and eat fine food, really well. My education started from the age of about seven, when he would take me out to our local Chinese restaurant on a Sunday, (because my parents were divorced), and we would indulge in the sport of Chinese Food Flicking. A prawn…
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