Year: 2017

Some thoughts on our now

It’s almost 4pm here, sat on the sofa waiting for Lola to get home from school, and waiting to take Baya to her gym class in twenty minutes time. Beastie...

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Recently Loved Books

I’ve been filling my evenings with books lately, there’s the occasional evening where I binge on some Gilmore Girls {as I’m massively late to that party and only just got to...

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This Homeschooling Life #17

I’m a little late to posting this, as last week was the first Monday of the month.But better late than never, and I needed last week to get myself ready...

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Surrender

Everything you need, your courage, strength, compassion and love; everything you need is already within you. 3am. It’s dark, cold and oh so quiet. In a house which is so...

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Early morning prayers

Sitting on the doorstep, watching the sun slowly rise over my garden, listening to the morning sounds of a world waking up. I’ve a giant mug of coffee and a...

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View from the floor

I’ve gotten used to looking at the world from below. Curled in a ball on the floor, tears streaming, breath coming in fits. There have been so many nights spent...

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And then he was TWO

TWO!!! I have no idea how that happened! It feels like five minutes since I announced his arrival. These two years have been a whirlwind, but he’s slotted into our...

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To begin, begin

{be.gin} perform or undergo the first part of (an action or activity) It’s been a few years since I intentionally chose a guiding word for the year. Somewhere amongst the...

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A love letter to 2016

2016 This will go down as the year that broke me, brought me to my knees. Showed me heartbreak like I could never imagine, and took me to the darkest...

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Goodbye 2016

2016. What can I say?! It seems it’s been a year that’s been unkind to so many. In truth, the first eight months for us were good as a whole…...

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