Life seems to have suddenly cranked up a gear. After four months of not really going further than the river, and not seeing anyone, we’ve jumped back into a semi-normal...
You can choose courage, or you can choose comfort, but you cannot choose both. Brené Brown One thing the last few years have taught me, is that the things that...
It seems every time I open my Instagram, there is a post from one account or another that I follow that tells us the importance of those first 40 days...
Sunday. The day of rest. Except it isn’t anymore. How many of us treat Sunday as just another day? How many of us have to work? Lockdown has shown me...
This is never how I saw my story unfolding. I was a ‘one marriage, I do forever’ kind of girl… until I realised that didn’t fit anymore. I never imagined...
Friday night. I’ve managed to get the living room to myself. The boys are in bed, the girls in their rooms settling down for the night. 14 weeks of lockdown,...
Eighteen months ago, I took the kiddos out for lunch. Bumped into a friend, and it ended up being a day that would change my life completely. Sat having lunch,...
I felt like I *should* drop into this space and write something. Something meaningful. Or helpful. Or interesting…. I’ve sat here and stared at a blank page for ten minutes....
8 am and the house is stirring. I’m sipping a cup of Earl Grey, the baby is playing on his playmat, the bigger kids still sleeping. The days are whizzing...
I’ve got nothing done today. This is what I say to myself pretty much every single day. When I’ve spent the whole day rushing around, juggling a million balls, not...