Some of my children like to know every possibility as it arrives, even if it’s a 10% chance it will happen, they want to know and they want to know right away. Not knowing at the beginning makes them feel like they’re missing out, and they don’t have enough time to process, and they feel […]
I’ve been thinking about how I am scared to make Aliyah. Don’t get me wrong, I’m also excited, hopeful, joyful, confused and realistic about it. But this morning I’m pondering the scared aspect. Today a new instagram page popped up in my feed of a young family making Aliyah, and I quickly followed it and […]
This month we are doing offline August – we’ve turned off our wifi at home, and we’ve docked our phones in various places so that we don’t just sit on the internet all the time. Even as I right this I’m writing in notes on my iPad and then later today when I go to […]
Today is Thursday. We will have been doing GAPS for one week today! Gosh it’s been a healthy week! haha! Like, SO healthy. Like, I can’t tell if my very real and very strong desire for a piece of sourdough right now is 1) Rebellion 2) A normal part of GAPS and part of the […]
BzH, change is on the horizon! Not just because I’m 22 weeks pregnant with our next little boy, but also because we plan to adventure next year. Yes, with a newborn. Yes, with 6 kids (BzH). Yes, even though we live a pretty cushy and enjoyable life right here on the Sunshine Coast. Pregnancy is […]
I hope you’ll allow me to be a bit tongue in cheek and borrow the Jewish term – minhag (plural – minhagim) and apply to my own little family, in a very non-religious way. A minhag is a Jewish custom that groups of people follow, but it is is not Halacha (law). One of the […]
There are certain things for sure that you do better the fifth time then you did the first four times, and there are other things that are universal. I don’t think it would matter if you’re on your 12th baby, they’d still be the way you feel and what happens. Here are some of my […]
Hello! It’s me, Talia. Recently I gave birth to my fifth baby – a boy to break the tie between boys and girls in our family. My eldest is 12, my youngest before the baby is 4, and it’s been a rollercoaster ride being a new mum again. A lovely rollercoaster ride of course. Like […]