Oh I know that feeling, as part of my 13 years without a clothesline, my partner and I lived in an apartment. We were there for 6 1/2 years!

Although I could get sunlight easyish there. We lived just up the road from the botanical gardens. I did lots of walks there!

Yeah, I’m trying to get there with that mindset. But I know I’m not quite there, and I get annoyed when I do overdo it

Oh I feel you on this. I’m the same with my partner. He often tells me off for doing things, but I feel so bad!
I definitely don’t do things that I know would most likely cause an asthma attack. But I do, do things that can get me quite out of breath and take a bit to recover from

When my son starts freaking out when we pass a dog on the street, I always get the person saying “they are nice/good”. And they often try to get my son to approach their dog.

That doesn’t matter how nice they are. Just walk on, can’t you see my son is scared?!

I hope all goes well and your stomach stops doing somersaults!

Papers Past is fantastic. I’m so glad the Press has started becoming available up into recent times.

I found little articles relating to my Dad’s time playing rugby in the air force 😊

paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/C...

Of course there hasn’t been!

My MIL definitely heads out by herself with the kite too. She doesn’t always take the 7yo

My MIL (64yo) has so many kites that she loves taking out to fly. I think she enjoys it more than her 7yo grandson!

Not just terrified pets, but terrified people too. So many kids get scared. And I rang my Mum in tears on guy fawkes when the neighbours set them off right outside my house!

That makes sense. When he was at his early childcare centre, he worked with a speech therapist and an early intervention teacher.

So I’ll look at it with that lens