Keira: Mum, you’re wearing stockings today!

Me: No, I’m wearing cut-off pants.

Keira (rubbing her hands over my lower calves): What’s this?

Me: They’re called leg hairs, darling.

(That haven’t been shaved for about six weeks.)

Did I mention it’s summer here? And I’m walking around like a Ent from the Lord of the Rings.

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Karen Andrews is the creator of this website, one of the most established and well-respected parenting blogs in the country. She is also an author, award-winning writer, poet, editor and publisher at Miscellaneous Press. Her latest book is Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity