Feeling the load
Lately, I’ve been feeling the load – the overwhelm of all that parenting brings, especially as a single parent. Getting kids ready for Uni/College/Groups, figuring out who needs to be...
Tag: single motherhood
Looking for a pause
Are you looking for a pause? I’m sat drinking a cup of tea, I’ve just done half an hour of yoga and am taking five minutes to decompress after a...
Life with five
LIfe right now is full-on. Sometimes, I find myself missing the slowness of lockdown. While I am glad that life has restarted, that the kids can be at college and...
Now I’m the Mama of an adult…
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...
An ode to clingy babies
I’m writing this sat on my bed, with my 20 month old toddler asleep on me. While he might not technically be a baby any longer {though he’ll always my...
Mothers Day Love
Yesterday was Mothers Day. It was the first time I’ve spent it with my Mama in about twenty years. It’s been almost three months since she moved over here to...
Dear Bean – Week Twenty Eight
Dear Bean One more week ticked off. If I’m being honest, I’m really struggling. I’m not enjoying this pregnancy at all, and that makes me feel guilty some days. It’s...
When adulting sucks
Yesterday was one of *those* days. I woke up too early, tired, naggy, hormonal and just not really feeling it. I’d just poured a cup of tea when Beastie woke...
Solo parenting and building your own village
It’s the middle of the afternoon, I’m sitting on the sofa with my three-year-old, fighting the urge to sleep. I’m sick… both of us are, but he is fairing better...
Some thoughts on being a one {wo}man show
It’s been six months since I took the decision to throw my husband out, six months of being a single parent to four kids. Life has settled back down to...