motherhood
On a Grey Day
Despite living right on the coast we didn't visit the beach once during the summer this year. That's pretty awful I know, and I'm quite ashamed of it. The funny thing with us is that we spend more time at the beach during the Autumn and Winter than during the warmer months. The atmosphere is totally different and, for us, slightly more inviting. It'…
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suffolk
Trying Something Different
We live on the coast and have a lot of wonderful, and beautiful beaches just short drives away. Norfolk beaches, Suffolk beaches, sandy beaches, stony beaches, busy beaches, deserted beaches. We don't go there nearly as much as we should, and shamefully we didn't visit at all in the Summer. I hate myself for that. But we did go on Sunday, whilst it was spit…
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motherhood
A Woodland Adventure with Extra Special Treasure
Once upon a time there were two young boys called Charles and Harry. One day Charles and Harry decided they wanted to go on an adventure, they wanted to go and search for treasure. The two young boys headed off to a nearby woodland with their mummy and their nanny, armed with carrier bags to place all their treasure in. The boys walked for miles and miles on the …
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mental health
The Art of Not Caring
I've always been one of those people who cares about what others thinks of them. Do people think I'm fat, scruffy, pretty, ugly? Do they think I have a funny accent, or do they notice the fact that my tongue is too big for my mouth (really!) and that it causes me to speak funny sometimes? Do people think I am a good mummy, a bad mummy or a lazy mummy? Do …
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mental health
Trigger
For years I've fought this force in my head. A force of doubt, anxiety, fear, questions and depression. I've worked hard to over come it, to fight it. To make it smaller than I am, rather than it towering over me. I get to a point where we are at this equal size. Almost like we've reached a compromise. Not perfect but enough to live with. I slowly ma…
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