Last week was my daughter’s school half-term holiday. In Belgium we call this Crocus Holiday. Sounds so much more welcoming to the arrival of spring, don’t you think? And we were most certainly treated to an early taste of spring this year! Sunshine and blue skies galore at the Kent seaside, where we spent 3 nights during the break.

Meditation works for me. It grounds me. It offers me perspective. But I find it a challenge to convince my daughter that it is a good thing for her too when all she sees me doing is sit still.

It is Wednesday. Traditionally, Wednesday signals the half-way mark of the week. The final hurdle to conquer before the countdown to the weekend. In our household, it announces the start of a new meal plan.

We are rapidly approaching Valentine’s Day. Or so the ruby red shop displays would have us believe. This post does not endorse the commercial hype surrounding February 14. It is simply a reminder of the honest beauty of telling our children that we love them.

An internet search on our basic human needs delivered a variety of results. After a superficial analysis of the available lists, the most commonly mentioned physiological needs for pure survival, in order of importance, are: air, water, food, shelter and clothing.