Our children are both dancers, and our eldest daughter enjoys performing in eisteddfods. Before every eisteddfod, I start giving her "the talk". I say "start" because it has been quite a while since she last let me finish... Me: "Remember that we are already proud of you..."Daughter (eyes rolling, slightly audible sigh in her voice):…
One night when our youngest daughter was 6 years old, I declared that there would be ice-cream for dessert for anyone who didn't complain about the dinner that I had cooked. Our daughter, who didn't always like the food that I cooked for her, immediately started to cry before exclaiming: "Great! That means that I…
Recently, I was at a function with a group of people when I witnessed what I feel was blatant sexism. It wasn't directly aimed at myself or the other females in our group. However, at the same time, it felt as though it was aimed at all women, everywhere and I felt incredibly hurt and…
An Ontological Life 