Tag: elfie

Elfie: Now You Are 7

Dearest Elfie: my firstborn, the one who made me a mother. My closest ally, my harshest critic, my biggest diva ;) It’s illuminating how different your relationship can be with your kids, how much their personalities and temperaments can vary…

Our Perfect Pet

Recently, I almost got a dog. It was winter and I’d had a stretch of long and lonely nights alone at home, as well as an unplanned yet entirely beneficial six month period of abstinence, and I was bored. I was…

Now You Are Five

I’ve been trying to write this for a little while now and am shamefully completing it almost a month after the event of Elfie’s fifth birthday. But I feel like Elfie turning FIVE has been such a milestone for our…