Today Caitlin tells me that another of her so-called friends (keep in mind there are only 3 kids Caitlin calls friend) told Caitlin that she wasn’t allowed to invite Caitlin to her birthday party because her mother said Caitlin was rude and inconsiderate. I feel ill. Caitlin has only been to this friend’s house once and as far as I know there was no problem on that occasion and seeing as every other report I’ve ever had of Caitlin’s behaviour at other people’s homes has been unfailingly positive I’m at a loss to understand where this comes from. Unless the … Continue reading As if it wasn’t bad enough already

I’m sitting here with tears in my eyes and an aching heart. I’ve just driven Caitlin to her dance lesson and on the way she started to talk to me about some stuff that’s been going on with a couple of her friends. Caitlin doesn’t have a large group of friends, when I told her she can ask whoever she wants to her birthday party she only came up with 3 names, so this is not a small problem. Friend 1, for no readily apparent reason, has taken to telling friend 2 that if F2 wants to spend time with … Continue reading Sometimes life really isn’t fair

So, I’m walking up the drive to a friend’s house carrying a bag with sushi for lunch in one hand and Tom’s bag containing a small statue of a lizard in the other (don’t ask). My ankle twists. I lurch sideways, trying to regain my footing. Discover that the ground is not where it is supposed to be and go crashing down. My subconscious does a rapid calculation of the relative value of intact bones v. edible lunch + unbroken lizard statue and both bags go flying. Not quite quickly enough though as one hand was still more fist-shaped than … Continue reading Ow