The Australian Women's Weekly

A juggling act

Years ago, when the MOTH (the Man of the House) and I had five young children but only two grandmothers, I understood that despite all the loving thoughts on Mother’s Day cards, motherhood is hard work.

To make matters worse, we lived in Sydney but “Aussie Nan” lived in Lismore and my mum lived in Canada.

“Did our

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