You are my daughter with the wisdom beyond your years. You are the kind soul who is always nagging me to take you into the city to give another bag of clothes to a homeless person. You are the friend who everyone wants to play with as you never leave anyone out. You are the empathetic individual who always [...]
Last month there was a swimming carnival hosted by the kids swim school. Evie was very excited and eager to take part (her brother couldn’t have cared less). The first race was an absolute hit. Evie swam her best back stroke and beat the other kids to a podium finish. She was proud as punch [...]
Every year since my kids turned four, I have interviewed them on their birthday. Here are Evie's verbatim responses to her birthday interview on 24th November this year. How old are you ? 6 Who is your best friend? Saskia What is your favourite thing to do at school? Play in the playground What is [...]
You are not going to be six forever. In fact, it feels like you will be six for only one blink of an eye, one more cuddle, one more opportunity to hold your hand when we walk into school together. When you are six, you are still my little fairy, with complete and real belief in all things [...]
