Survival Mom: How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst-Case Scenarios

Survival Mom: How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst-Case Scenarios | Lisa Bedford

*Scream!* 😱 I have only just realised that the weekend I am going on a #readingretreat to Gladstone's Library is the weekend of the 24h #readathon. 😲🤯 My kids are going to look at me like I decided to go away on my own for Xmas. How do I make this up to them? Maybe if I buy them loads of books and snacks so they can readathon without me AND we do a family readathon later in the month? 😬

rockpools Oh no! Two readathons might be the only answer. I‘m fairly sure your young readers thrash me every time a readathon comes round. 📚📚📚 6y

Leniverse @RachelO Yes. I think this will cost me a lot of manga. 😅 If I buy them books and snacks and let my 12y/o sign up as a reader in her own right, give their father detailed instructions on how to post and link their mini-challenge entries, AND give them a family readathon with yet more books and snacks at the start of the Easter break, then maybe they'll forgive me. 😬🤣 6y

scripturient We could have a buddy readathon with them: Retreat vs. Home - who‘s in for the win? 😂 6y

Leniverse @scripturient 😂 I‘m afraid to wake their competitive spirit. They‘ve agreed to have two more laidback readathons now. But I guess I can issue a challenge. 😆 6y

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Survival Mom: How to Prepare Your Family for Everyday Disasters and Worst-Case Scenarios | Lisa Bedford

My firstborn has just gone off on a 5-day school trip. She's going to have a blast kayaking, zip lining, shooting, fencing, climbing and absailing, and I'm going to have a 5-day anxiety attack. So I'm going to bury every available moment in pure escapism literature. I have Mercedes Lackey, Kelley Armstrong, David Gemmell, and P&P with Zombies. I will get through this week. Deep breaths. Tea. I'll make some tea.

Lola Yes, yes you will. My daughter did a trip abroad for four weeks this summer and I coped in a similar fashion. You'll make it thru, Mama! 7y

CocoReads The first summer my daughter worked in Colorado I was like that. The second summer as well. Never mind that she was 20 and 21. It didn't help when I got phone calls like "we got lost hiking yesterday above the snow line but luckily we stumbled on some back country campers who helped us out" but I survived and you will too and she will have a great experience. Good luck and happy tea drinking! 7y

LauraBeth Hoping the five days go by fast 💕 7y

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Leniverse @Lola 4 weeks! 😱 And abroad! 😬 I don't even want to contemplate that. 😂 7y

Leniverse @CocoReads 😆 I should be grateful for the practice I'm getting through this well organised and supervised school trip before she's old enough to off on her own somewhere. 😂 7y

Leniverse @LauraBeth 😊 7y

CocoReads I was just happy mine wasn't hiking alone because I know she did some of that as well even though I told her not too. Well supervised is good! 7y

Cinfhen Too bad you couldn't be a chaperone 😀trip sounds fabulous!!! 7y

TrishB Tea, books and you will get there!! Hope she has a fantastic time 😀 7y

Leniverse @Cinfhen I think it's probably healthier for the both of us that she gets to do this without me. 😂 Also, I have a younger child. He'd not be amused to have me go off as well. Although, I might hug him too much this week. 😆 7y

Cinfhen If I ever dared to chaperone a class trip, my kids would have refused to go on the trip 😬😉😀 7y

Leniverse @TrishB She's fairly social and quite adventurous, so I'm sure she'll have a blast. She's never been away more than one night before, but hopefully she'll be too busy to miss us. 7y

Leniverse @Cinfhen 😂 😂 7y

CareBear Will be thinking of you this week! 7y

Leniverse @CareBear ❤️ 7y

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