Last week, I watched a game of tennis and cried my eyes out. No, I'm not having a meltdown. I just had 'A Moment'. Me and Kim Clijsters. In winning the US Open, Kim became the first mother to win a Grand Slam title since Evonne Goolagong Cawley won Wimbledon in 1980...

Did you know that 80 per cent of Americans have at least one brother or sister? That they are, in fact, more likely to grow up with a sibling than a father? I grew up with neither. As an only child, I have long viewed sibling relationships with a detached fascination...

Spring is here, Spring is here, Spring is ... Spring is ... Spring is here, At laaaaaaast! The girls and I, and Alex too, have been happily singing this little tune all week (thanks to Charlie and Lola)...

Two mysterious bugs recently invaded my computer deleting emails and hiding things on my desktop. The bugs were called Amaya and Mali. Miss Nearly Two was the worst offender. With a few quick mouse clicks, she somehow managed to change the settings on my email so that once a message was in my Inbox for more than a week it disappeared! ...

I recently attended my cousin-in-law's wedding - a big Islander affair with lots of food and even more family - and came away pondering everything from baby names to birth order...