Tag Archives: friendship

A Toddler’s Guide to Friendship

Posted on May 4, 2012 by dorkymum

It’s funny. I’d always assumed that friendships between boys were much less complicated than those between girls. Certainly when I was at school it always looked that way. Girls were forever falling in and out of love with each other, … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting & Family | Tagged child development, friendship, parenting, relationships, toddlers | 12 Comments

9/52: Sometimes Nice Things Happen

Posted on February 29, 2012 by dorkymum

This photo is my Week 9 entry to Project 52. Do you remember a few weeks ago I wrote a post about how nice it is to receive a handwritten letter in the post, and how sad I am that … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography | Tagged 52 Week Project, 9/52. photography, friendship, letter writing, lost art of letter writing, Project 52, relationships, writing letters | 12 Comments

The Lost Art of Letter Writing

Posted on January 26, 2012 by dorkymum

Look at this. I got a letter the other day. A proper, handwritten letter – bursting with news – that someone had taken the time to sit down and write, put a stamp on, and take to a postbox. Isn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking & Crafts, Parenting & Family | Tagged correspondence, friendship, letter writing, notepaper, relationships, social media, writing letters | 25 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 24, 2011 by dorkymum

Today is the first time in five years that I haven’t been in the United States for American Thanksgiving. It wasn’t a celebration that I’d paid any attention to until I met DorkyDad, but it is one that I have … Continue reading →

Posted in Parenting & Family, Photography, Travel | Tagged American Thanksgiving, beaches, celebration, family, food, friendship, Fripp Island, gratitude, oysters, parenting, photography, South Carolina, Thanksgiving, tradition | 9 Comments

Live In The Now: July

Posted on July 7, 2011 by dorkymum

Okay, I promise this will be my last holiday-related post. After this I’ll get my head together and start focusing on life in not-so-sunny Scotland again. But our ten days away were too full of good moments not to share … Continue reading →

Posted in Memes & Linkys, Parenting & Family, Travel | Tagged America, Canada, eating, family, food, friendship, holiday, New Hampshire, parenting, relationships, toddlers, travel, USA, vacation | 6 Comments

The Book I’d Like to Write: 373 Friends

Posted on May 27, 2011 by dorkymum

At the last count, I had 373 Facebook friends. There is more than sixty years difference between my youngest and oldest friends. A dozen of them are related to me. There are seven Sarahs, and three Tims, but only one … Continue reading →

Posted in Arts, Parenting & Family, Travel | Tagged Facebook, friends, friendship, online media, publishing, travel | 22 Comments

Raise a glass to those we’ve loved and lost

Posted on May 22, 2011 by dorkymum

A group of my old school friends ran the Edinburgh marathon today, in memory of a friend of ours – Peter – who lost his life in a car accident just over a year ago. They were raising money for … Continue reading →