I love my family: my parents and my sisters; the family I grew up with. But they’re not my everything anymore, now that I’m a grown woman myself and not living inside the 4 walls of their protection. I flew that nest long ago, and whilst I’m welcome back anytime (and go back to visit […]
As that day of the year draws near, the one day of the year that’s allocated to honour Mothers, I find myself thinking of the occasion with a different perspective, and it goes against the grain. Mothers Day is understood to be a day on which other people do things for mums; on which […]
I’ve been reflecting and musing on this for a week now. I’ve taken time over it because I want to do justice to my source of inspiration: my dear friend Jenene Crossan. She suffered a devastating miscarriage after undergoing IVF. All miscarriages are devastating – I know, I’ve had two – but surely those following […]
This time last week I was on cloud 9, cushioned, floating, buoyed by 30 breaths of fresh air from 30 wonderful women who attended my book launch. Now I’m back on terra firma, but my head is still in the clouds a bit (except when my daughters pull me back down to their level – […]
I’m sitting on the couch, babes in arms, listening to the sweet sound of their breathing, feeling the sweet warmth of their skin against mine, basking in a glow of love. The rain is falling outside, but the birds are still twittering away. Other than that there is silence (not even the hum of TV […]
This time next week my book will be released. So now seems a good time to share the back story; how this book came to be. Because, you see, I’m not a writer. I’m a mummy with two pre-school daughters. I’m a marketer with twelve years’ experience in the corporate world before babies arrived. […]
Hi, I’m Tui, and this is Dear Mummy. Dear Mummy was a personal project; a creative expression that started as a book. But as I’ve written it I’ve realised that it’s bigger than a book. It’s an idea that disrupts the ‘how to’ parenting industry. It’s an idea that could start a real movement: A […]
Are you tired, mummy? Stop. Do this now. And get into the habit of doing it at the end of every day. I am very tired after months of working on this project, Dear Mummy, getting it ready to bring to you. So this pose has been a life-saver for me. It’s only natural […]
Where to start with my motivational blog posts? Where better, than with an excerpt from my book ‘Dear Mummy, You’re Important Too‘ (coming soon). I’m in the midst of the finishing touches and as I read… and re-read… and re-read again (I tell you, this self-publishing lark is not a walk in the park!), I’m […]