Tag: single parenting

mother, daughter, son

FAMILY

Now I’m the Mama of an adult…

May 17, 2021
Saturday saw my eldest daughter turn 18. 18!!! I managed to raise an actual adult. As I sat writing her card the night before her birthday, I was struck with so much emotion. My baby is a grown-up. The one who made me a Mama has grown up when I wasn’t even looking. They tell...

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~, ADVICE, BLOG

On doing it all

September 21, 2020
The other day, I posted a photo on my Instagram. Alongside it, I talked about filling my own cup, in taking time to myself, and doing things that make me feel good. Running, or yoga, early nights, long, hot baths. Somebody replied asking me ‘How do I do it all?”. The short answer is I...

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BLOG, FAMILY

Time for a festive break

December 11, 2019
It’s been a funny year, in truth, it’s been a funny few years. One hell of a rollercoaster ride that is for sure. As 2019 draws to a close I’m feeling more settled and happier than ever. This time last year I was in the final throws of extracting myself from an abusive relationship, and...

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BLOG, FAMILY

Life, lately

October 16, 2019
Hi there! I have a brief five minutes, so thought I would pop in here and share a little. Life lately has been hectic. There isn’t much breathing space and certainly no Mama space. There seems to have been at least one of us ill for weeks now – I guess it’s that time of...

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BLOG, FAMILY

The fourth trimester

September 23, 2019
Just like that, we’re out of the fourth trimester. These three months have flown by, yet at the same time some days have felt like twenty, and there have been moments when I wondered how we’d make it through. But we have. And we have thrived, When I had my first baby, 16 years ago,...

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BLOG, FAMILY, JOURNAL

Looking back

September 11, 2019
September the 11th will always mark the day that my world fell apart on me. I woke up this morning, and timehop showed me a blog post I wrote two years ago. It’s kinda crazy to think that it’s been three whole years since the day I found out my marriage wasn’t what I thought...

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