MEscovery

The past couple of weeks have been emotional. We almost lost my 99 year old grandmother and my whole family rushed home to be with her. The lady knows how to pull a crowd. She miraculously pulled through, but while spending a week with her in hospital I learnt a few important life lessons. There are so many practical things my grandmother could teach me about as she is such a strong, talented woman, but here are 5 things she unknowingly taught me last week. 1. Sometimes you know better than those in charge There are times when others will tell you what they believe to be the right thing to do is, other times you will have blind faith in others' abilities to help. And then there are times when you should just ignore all others and do what you feel is right. You never know, it may just be the one little thing you do that makes all the difference. 2. Be honest, especially when that's the hardest thing to do Taking the time to have an open and honest conversation - an...

This one's for the mums to be out there. Especially the ones expecting twins. And even more so for those expecting twins when they weren't expecting to be expecting twins. Sorry, got carried away there. As I was sat at the dinner table tonight, watching my children eat, I had a little flashback to when I first found out I was expecting twins. That first week was one hell of a ride. Let me set the scene for you. We had planned our second pregnancy when our firstborn was around 1 years old so when we found out I was pregnant, a few months later, we were over the moon. I started to think about the different combinations of sibling relationships with our firstborn this baby could have and tried to guess what would be my gender preference in relation to my eldest - a girl. Two girls? Lovely sisterly bond, easy to pass on clothes and toys, play together well (or fight once teenagers...) but two of a kind, less likely to like football and beer once older (kidding) and no litt...