Alena The Infinite Merit of Taking Some Time Out Newsflash: our little home did not implode, nor did the children spontaneously combust whilst I was away living my dreams for a couple of …
Alena Madness or Meaning?The Christmas Story The signs are appearing that it is almost that time of year again. The elves are appearing in the shop windows, there’s a …
Alena Check Out the Moves On Us (in which we go overseas to live in a very pretty place) A short ten days ago I had been in six different countries in just over three weeks. I’ll be honest, one of those …
Alena Rome, Italy letters-to-omi: First, we arrived. We were in transit for around 36 hours (12 hours wandering around Tokyo, 12 hours in the air from Tokyo’s Narita Airport …
Alena The Top 3 Things Saving My Life Right Now This past month has been a massive one for me and our family of four. We have relocated to Bath, England, and set up …
Alena The Parent Pay-Off It is evening at our house. Two out of three kids are sleeping, maybe not for very long in the case of the 7-month-old, …
Alena Valentines Veritas On the first Valentine’s Day after the birth of our third child. This is what I wrote for my husband. It’s about …
Alena Purple Basil and Cashew Pesto Today I decided it was time to go meat-free for a week. It wasn’t unprompted, I was encouraged by the wonderful Helen …