Had a bit of a manic Choppie day yesterday. He who usually sleeps quietly was like a miniature tornado.😌 Chewed my Uno cards, weed indoors twice (despite regular outdoor toilet trips) assaulted my student’s shoelaces and then delivered a frenzied attack on my grade 2 language group ( who all thought it was hilarious). Disclaimer: Am …
Category: Children Tales
Day 15: Be Brave Challenge – Enneagram Part 2
So I am now thinking I have so many Enneagram stories I might need to turn this into chaptered posts. 😱😜 Without a doubt, one of the many benefits of using this tool is the clarity and insight that it has given me in understanding other people, especially many of the children that I work with. …
Day 10: Be Brave Challenge – Zumi
I love working with kids. They really are so sweet and funny. I especially love how honest they always are. Too often I feel children are discouraged from being honest for the sake of politeness. I try and encourage the kids that I work with to always tell me the truth…no matter how sucky it …
Day 3: Be Brave Challenge – Choppie Day
Today was Choppie day!!😍 I have secretly been pining for a dog these last couple of months…but unfortunately, I live in a flat….and we aren’t even allowed freaken birds….so it’s not really going to happen at the moment. But I think the universe heard my silent pleas and sent me Choppie. His mum teaches at our school and …
Day 1: Be Brave Challenge – And it Begins…..
· Post 1 I absolutely love writing and storytelling. Last year, after my mum’s death I felt, understandably blocked. This year, thank goodness, things are starting to shift and I’m beginning to feel more like my old self again. I have to say I just adore Ralph Smart. He is quirky, a little crazy, positive, …
Make a Choice
“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them” ― Denis Waitley Two years ago I attended a weekend spiritual retreat with an absolutely incredible woman called Natalia Baker. (Most definitely an experience.) Right at the end of the weekend after I had been …
…has it been a month yet?
Ok so am absolutely exhausted and promise this blog will not be nearly as long as the last. Can’t figure out if it’s the screwed up sleep pattern (2 am again last night), the heat, or the fact that I spent the night drinking beer with gorgeous French, Jake Gyllenhaal look-alike and his mates last …