I thought this topic was particularly timely, my six year old daughter has just had a Bronchial cough and high temperatures for the last eight days ... and has been at home with me. Now the thing is, this would have been a fine arrangement if my child wasn’t high demand ... but she is and that’s that. I knew last week, when she started coughing that I was in trouble and quickly tried finishing off any urgent work I had scheduled, put aside the two manuscripts I‘m currently working on and pushed any housework to the forefront - well, at least I was going to get something done!
It’s never that simple with kids and a working life though.
Don’t get me wrong, I adore my little pumpkin but it truly is a given – when you’re at your busiest the spot fires will start, multiply and rage until the proper response is launched.
This was my entire last week, a series of red-hot episodes and strategies of how I was to deal with them, all the while keeping a constant eye on a child who barked like a seal, day and night, and battled a virus with temperatures that often made her sweat through two lots of sheets a day - paracetamol aside.
And all from home!
The phone ran hot, my email constantly pinged its presence, and my overheated child demanded.
“Mum, the Barbie show has finished.”
“Mum, can I have something to eat?”
“Mum, it’s too hot.”
“Mum, I’m too cold, can I have another blanket?”
“Mum, my tummy/eye/head/leg/foot/arm/hand ... now hurts!”
“Muuuummmmmm.”
... and this went on day ... and ... night, until yesterday.
As I sit at my local café, writing this blog – child now well and back at school - I think of how the last week had reminded me of just how much of a juggle the parent life is ... and how quickly and readily we will adapt to a change of pace, extra balls and a different rhythm to get our jobs done.
Mabon
The Clandestine Chronicles
Book One
Kellie M Davies
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Aurora House Publishing
Date of Publication: September 2018
ISBN: 978-0-6481851-7-8
ASIN: B07HF18BY5
Number of pages: 227
Cover Artist: Simon Critchell
Tagline: Let the Magick in.
Book Description:
Magick or Love.
If both ran deep in your blood, which would you choose?
On her sixteenth birthday, introvert Lucy DeBane can’t shake the memory of her father’s death, or the possibility that by day’s end a life altering ancestral truth will blow apart the world she knows. Lucy is sure of one thing, her feelings for Gil ... tall, dark and hot ... her first real love.
So when she hears the chiming of ancient bells and her family’s secret is revealed, Lucy must make a decision ... become a DeBane witch, or walk away from family for love.
Is there a way she can have both?
‘Davies weaves together a complex tale of magic and romance in this sweeping adventure.’ ~ Fiona Horne
Teaser
Excerpt:
All three
witches took their places. Dana stood in the north quarter in front of the
alter stretching her hands out for the twins to take in theirs. She pressed on
their hands and they all smiled at each other. Abi winked in my direction and
my pulse quickened.
The ritual, my
initiation ritual, was about to begin.
Kellie M Davies was born and lives in Sydney, Australia with her husband and two children. After University and a long period away from writing, she began to dabble with words again. Stories flowed and from the mess of manuscripts that cluttered her computer files, Lucy’s story rose.
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