Acorn

An acorn came home with me from the woods. The girls had spent the afternoon stomping along the forest floor, touching the trunks of trees that had seen the last days of summer and could hold onto their leaves no longer. Fallen branches rested on the ground, and my children rested on them in turn. …

Spoken Word

I have a very poor attention span when it comes to relaxing and so it has been a surprise to find that spoken word has become a love of mine. I can’t watch TV without having my phone in my hand, get bored part way through magazine articles, and can’t sit still for longer than …

Roald Dahl Day

Today is Roald Dahl Day and I was asked on Twitter which one of his books is my favourite. The answer came easily; Matilda. There are so many messages running through the book that provide hope and show the power of allowing ourselves to dream. Matilda is five and misunderstood by the rest of her …

Do Pets Benefit Children?

This blog was written for The Motherload and first published here. We have a cat now. I didn’t really want one, but I was outnumbered. I grew up with pets myself, by which I mean I mostly ignored our dogs and begged and begged for a rabbit then promptly lost interest and left my parents to …

To The Embryos That Were Lost

This blog was written for The Motherload and first published here. Happiness, anxiety, joy, anger and disappointment all featured heavily in my IVF experience. The process started in 2012 and we were very lucky that in 2014 I gave birth to our eldest daughter. Holding her in my arms for the first time is one of …