I find myself, 42 years old, 2 young children who attend school daily, married to a wonderful man who provides very well for us and I'm lost! How dare I say such a thing when I seemingly 'have it all'? Why is that not enough? Why am I not more grateful for everything that I … Continue reading Who am I?
Everything in the world is evolving, changing and my blog is no different. If you've been around for a while you'll recall it was first called 'suburban Cape Town mom', then 'my journey as a mum' then 'the wife life blog' and more recently 'Jen-Jen's Journal'. All these names have reflected the time in my … Continue reading Evolving
Dear First Time Mama, What an exciting & overwhelming world awaits you. No matter how many times people try to explain it to you, you will not understand until you understand. Your life is literally about to be turned on its head, but it will be ok. Feelings of overwhelming love and an exhaustion you've … Continue reading Dear First Time Mama
There's no handbook for the emotions we experience through motherhood. From one moment to the next the emotions we feel can change and a lot of the time can feel overwhelming. Constantly shifting between wanting your children to stay small but have your own time again is exhausting! Tristan and Grayson are now 6 & … Continue reading The emotions we experience through motherhood
There will be a day when we won't have to tell them to play nicely. When we won't have to answer yet another 'why' question. A day when we won't be woken by calls of 'mommy I need you'. When bedtime will just be for ourselves. When there are no calls after lights out asking … Continue reading There will be a day
I can hardly believe that it's been almost a whole year since we emigrated! So I thought this would be the perfect time to share some of my top emigration tips on the blog. If you're new here you can read about why we chose to emigrate here and settling in the UK here. There … Continue reading Emigration tips
You asked and so I shall deliver; our meal plan for this coming week is here! If you want to see last weeks plan for some ideas, click here. Not sure if I mentioned it last time but I plan Monday through Thursday meals and the weekends we try and be more spontaneous. meal plan … Continue reading Meal plan: week of 2 May
Do you meal plan? I am trying to because, well it just makes life easier. I can shop online on a Sunday, everything gets delivered on Monday around midday and I can get on with all the other things I have to do. In the interests of 'sharing is caring' here's our family meal plan … Continue reading Meal plan: week of 25th April
When were we (and our mothers) brainwashed into wanting a leaner body? And how do we undo it; not just for ourselves but for future generations? Why is a woman with a leaner body considered better, prettier, nicer, sexier, friendlier and just generally superior? I know I'm not the only one who has this impression; … Continue reading Brainwashed into wanting a leaner body
On Sunday 3 April I got the message from my husband no mother ever wants to receive. It was a picture and a voice note in which I could only hear Grayson screaming & crying... he'd had a fall and, from Shaun's suspicions, broken his leg! Queue mom guilt because I wasn't there. I was … Continue reading Broken leg