by jokomom | Feb 21, 2021 | Hard Days, Sobriety
One stranger who understands your experience exactly, will do for you what hundreds of close friends and family who don’t understand cannot. It is the necessary palliative for the pain of stretching into change. It is the cool glass of water in Hell. –...
by jokomom | Dec 27, 2020 | Things Kids Say
Oliver: my life is SO HARD there’s NOTHING TO DO Mum: nothing at all?! Oliver: no cause my life is horrible and I don’t have enough stormtroopers LEGO and Daddy makes me do all his jobs!! Mum: all his jobs in Minecraft? Oliver: no his REAL JOBS Mum: oh my,...
by jokomom | Dec 24, 2020 | Things Kids Say
Mum: and tomorrow is Christmas Eve, and then that means the day after is CHRISTMASOliver: but mum, is Santa actually real?Mum: he’s real if you want him to beOliver: but is he?Mum: if you believe in him, then he actually is realOliver: (whispers) like actual...
by jokomom | Sep 18, 2020 | Things Kids Say
Alice: I know when you’re coming home Mum: Ya? How do you know that? Alice: cause Dad told me Mum: oh yes, and how long is it then? Alice: 4 years Mum: oh wow Alice: ya, but I really love you so much! Mum: I love you too and I miss you! Alice: And I love...
by jokomom | Aug 26, 2020 | Things Kids Say
Alice: do you think we should make some memories? Cause it’s on the Lake Rules list. Oliver: wellllll, I remember that time we were on the boat that day. Alice: that’s it! You’re doing it! You’re doing it Oliver. You made...
