by jokomom | May 7, 2021 | Hard Days, Sobriety
No one wants to find out, I’m fairly certain of that. Most people’s rock bottoms involve losing something: a wife, a husband, a sibling, a child, respect. We all know the main feature, no matter what you’ve lost, is shame. Shame is such a powerful...
by jokomom | Apr 22, 2021 | Things Kids Say
Alfred: I tell you a story Mama? Mum: yes your turn for a story. Alfred: once upon a time, there is a … a …. DINOSAUR!!! And he like to … mama what does dinosaurs eat!? Mum: they eat plants! Alfred: no they don’t eat plants. Oliver: mum, are we meat?...
by jokomom | Mar 23, 2021 | Hard Days, Parenting
Today was one that makes you want to give up, curl yourself into a ball, throw a blanket over your head. Done. I’ve been feeling done this last 6 weeks. Hell, this last 6 years. But this last 6 weeks was the first time I’ve started letting things drop,...
by jokomom | Mar 12, 2021 | Things Kids Say
Alfred answers the phone. Alfred: haaawww-Oh? Uncle: hello? Alfred: Haaaaw-Oh? Uncle: who’s this? Alfred: this is Alfreee, who dis? Uncle: Oh hi Alfie, this is Uncle Shaune. How are you today? Alfred: I good, but where you are? Uncle: I’m at my house,...
by jokomom | Feb 24, 2021 | Sobriety
I didn’t realize I had a drinking problem, until I tried to stop. My precarious relationship with wine began later than some, having been raised in a house where alcohol was largely absent. My mother’s father had a known problem. We all heard the stories,...
