Mummyfried

Tonight the baby ran out of the kitchen in tears. I found her on her bed, sobbing  hysterically. She told me she had made a wish and it didn't come true.  She was tired of making wishes, praying and being good.... And never ever, not even once did they become reality. I asked her if her wish was something she needed or wanted. She said she wanted it. I asked if it's something she could obtain if she worked hard for it, and the answer was no. How do you explain to a 7 year old that you can pray and wish with all your might, but you will never be able to grow wings and fly,  nor will you have a magic button that will produce all the dresses you want. I didn't want tonight to be the night where Miss 7 realises that magic doesn't exist. That those dreams don't come true.  We talked about perception, goal settting and manifestations.  Somehow , I wove magic back into her world..and I think I managed to throw in at bit of girl power too. I ...

I am a proud member of a closed Facebook mothers group entitled Foreign Mothers & Mothers to Be in Athens. This is a group of women I have met, many only online who have become my sisters. They are my ‘go to group’ for answers, support, advice, and laughs.  We celebrated a coup today (not the sudden, violent, and illegal seizure of power from a government type by an instance of successfully achieving something difficult). And I am proud. Very proud. Not for the group – but for what we have achieved for our children…  Since distributing the below statement today to the press in Greece and since agreeing to bombard retailer websites, schools and registering complaints online over the last two weeks, many retailers have removed what we have considered to be inappropriate images of young girls in fancy dress.  Mothers in Athens come together to put an end to the sexualisation of little girls Apokries in Greece should be a special time filled with fun, laughter...