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No Rainclouds Please…. My (Fifth) Mothering Sunday…
I never imagined my life would be as it is; never dreamed I would be a wife, or ever a mother. Until I was 25, my life just didn’t seem to be heading that way. In my daydreams I just longed to be a successful woman; I’d abandoned the idea of any future relationships months earlier…
FORGET-TEA-NOT WITH TWININGS
When people who know me read this post, they will smile. Tea is something that plays a huge role in my life – I think it might possibly be a genetic trait passed down from my dad. Even people who have spent relatively little time with me, such as my fellow bloggers at the Photokina event…
FIRST HAIRCUT FOR HERO
It’s no secret that I’m terrible at meeting that first haircut milestone with any kind of joy in my heart. I hate that the hair they were born with, the baby locks that I grew, is taken away. It feels like a part of them, and me, is taken away – a bond broken. Worse still…
A SAFER CAR SEAT WITH KIDDY
They just keep on growing, don’t they? Growing up means growing out of things – especially the big things in life that are important, like a car seat. Hero grew out of his last car seat faster than I thought he would. I sat him in the next seat up – the one Lyoto had grown…
NO LONGER IN THE FRAME
This post won’t be up very long. It’s very indulgent and self pitying, and I never normally write like this. If I do press publish I’ll go back and forwards in my mind wondering whether to press the delete key – and in the end, that emotion will probably win out. You see, I would…
Peas and Quiet…
Sometimes, when you’re the biggest of the smallest, life can get a bit too heavy. Like when you’re trying to do serious drawing for your Granny and your little brother colours all over it. Or when you’re only allowed use glue and scissors during his naptime…or when your Momma spends all of her time saving…