Motherhood

  • Darling Day 29: Dance.

    Dinner time arrives and the darling of the day is yet to find me. Yet to whisper its sweet melody into my ready ear. But…wait. Darling, in an instant? Music blaring from the iPod dock. The story of my youth—… Continue reading

  • Darling Day 28. Me Time

    Darling is the wife, the mum, the daughter, the friend who says: Tonight is my gift to me. Tonight it will be only me. In a cosy room. With candles. Tea. Chocolate. And music. (You know I’d never forget the… Continue reading

  • Darling Day 26. Days Like These

    Dear world—you’ve really gone and done it this time. Just look at all the sun-drenched wonder you’ve strung about my life today; I mean, really. What is it that you do to me? How is it that you fill my heart… Continue reading

  • Darling Day 21. The Rose Coloured Glasses

    Give me a rose to colour your glasses with. Not just any rose. A pink one. Painted with the darling of the happiest day. Doesn’t a pink world feel lovely? So rosy and sweet and soft. Like a kiss upon… Continue reading

  • Darling Day 15. The Truth About Lady and The Tramp

    I can’t believe it’s taken so long for the penny to drop. Jim Dear and Darling, from Lady and the Tramp, they are not as they seem. For my whole childhood—and in fact, right up until a few weeks ago… Continue reading

  • Darling Day 13. Happy Mothers Day

    To all the darling Mothers out there. To all the darling daughters. And all the darling sons. Happy Mothers day. Love, Brooke. xx   Continue reading

  • Darling Day 12. Kids

      Darling isn’t it, the places they leave things?   Continue reading

  • Darling Day 10. The Big Surprise

    It’s days like today that I’m so glad this little blog of mine is an everything blog. Because I have a story to tell. An every-day kind of story. A story about a darling little boy, and a darling surprise.… Continue reading

  • Darling Day 5. When I grow up

    ‘Mum?’ ‘Yeah?’ ‘When I grow up, I wanna be…’ ‘…a digger.’ ‘A digger?’ ‘Yeah.’ ‘You mean, like…the machine?’ ‘Umm…no.’ ‘Oh. Like…a man that digs?’ ‘Umm…’ ‘Like, you know, holes and stuff?’ ‘Umm…yeah.’ Silence. Silence. Giggle. Sigh. ‘Darling. You can be… Continue reading

  • Darling Day 3. What’s in a word?

    Let’s talk about words. I adore words. I wrote about them here and I will, no doubt, write about them again on this blog because… I’m a little bit nerdy, like that. I love writing words. I love reading them,… Continue reading