Family Life
Family life is busy Family life is fun Family life is hard These three sentences are those I repeat to myself at various points of the day. Some days I want to cry with how difficult things can be,...
View ArticleSix Months
We are now six months into what is turning into a fantastic 2015 (fingers crossed, touching wood and horseshoes and all that). I’ll give you a bullet pointed run down of why this year is so nice so...
View ArticleChange
A lot of things change when you have a child. Opinions on issues you thought you knew about, how tidy your house usually is, and unfortunately – friendships. The biggest change? Ourselves. When you...
View ArticleJust an update
A whole year since Madeleine came zooming into our lives (literally, this little sucker took 90mins lol) Lots of things have changed since she was born. People I considered friends have left us...
View ArticleI Am Not Sorry
Dear Sophie & Madeleine What a day. What a bloody day. It’s September 2015 and I have just spent the last hour cleaning and scrubbing and washing after the dinner the pair of you didn’t eat. Boy...
View ArticleWith Every Day, I Am Almost Me
Motherhood is like being beaten with sticks by tiny ninjas. Well, that’s what it’s like for me…possibly because on a daily basis I AM beaten with sticks by tiny ninjas I created. Convert sticks to...
View ArticleTransition
Last January I made two resolutions. The first was not to get pregnant and the second was not to move house. I have busted one of those resolutions. Before you start screeching, no I am not pregnant....
View ArticleIt’s A Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World
The world has officially gone bat shit crazy. Bombs and wars and terrorist attacks and planes shot down and magic indestructible passports consistently found on masked men screaming about ISIS....
View ArticleA Little Thanks
Three years ago today I decided to write a blog. Here we are, three years later and still going strong! Thousands of views a week, loads of lovely feedback and I am grateful to still be writing my...
View ArticleA Kiss Goodnight
I’ve just been in to kiss my daughters and rearrange them in their beds, as I do every night. I’ve just smoothed their blankets and moved lost teddies closer to them, as I do every night. I’ve just...
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