by samanthasimmonds | Mar 19, 2018 | Children, Exercise, Uncategorized
My kids need an outlet for their seemingly in-exhaustive supply of energy! I know many parents feel the same. In Winter it often feels like we’re couped up all weekend with the boys especially having no way to vent their exuberance – which is why we bundle them out...
by samanthasimmonds | Feb 1, 2018 | Royal Family, Uncategorized
A woman making a speech at her own wedding…is this really front page news? Ok so this woman – Meghan Markle – happens to be marrying into the Royal Family – and her fiancée is the 5th in the line to the throne- for the next few months at least at which...
by samanthasimmonds | Mar 12, 2017 | Opinion, Parenting
What will my 8 year old son think of being told to sit on the floor and breath slowly – focusing on the breath – taking care to think about what his toes and legs and arms feel like? Will he giggle and feel silly? Probably the first and second time he does it. But...
by samanthasimmonds | Jan 24, 2017 | Auschwitz, holocaust
Seventy-five years ago in 1939 when the Nazis invaded Poland, Renee Salt was just 10 years old. Now 85, she is able to look back and reflect on how, miraculously, she survived when so many others perished. Renee’s first experience of the Nazis was when they...
by samanthasimmonds | Jan 23, 2017 | Children, Skiing
Three small children and a skiing trip – it’s not quite the recipe for a relaxing family getaway, is it? My husband Philip and I learned to ski as teenagers and always wished we had started when we were younger, because we were awestruck by the fearlessness of tiny...
