Mom's Corner

The Importance of Mom Friends

I think it’s safe to say that people are social creatures. Aside from splitting us into introverts and extroverts, I know we all like to have people in our lives that connect with us and share our experiences. So when it comes to having mom friends, why is it hard for us to make those… Continue reading The Importance of Mom Friends

Mom's Corner

The Search Is On: Finding Yourself After Motherhood (part one)

I am—yet what I am none cares or knows; My friends forsake me like a memory lost: I am the self-consumer of my woes— They rise and vanish in oblivious host, Like shadows in love’s frenzied stifled throes And yet I am, and live … - John Clare A lot of my ideas around identity… Continue reading The Search Is On: Finding Yourself After Motherhood (part one)

Home on the Hive

And in the garden, the home grows!

As August is in full swing, there is a multitude of changes happening here at This Hive. Least of all the addition of a new family member, little Penelope. She made her big debut in July and has turned our house upside down once more! All for the better of course, but those wakeful nights… Continue reading And in the garden, the home grows!

Thoughts on

New Years Resolutions

Let's not kid ourselves. I have never held a resolution and kept it. I have set small goals when I was younger and stuck to them but they never lasted more than 2-3 months. So let me start off by saying that these "resolutions" will not follow a set schedule or structure. They all centre… Continue reading New Years Resolutions