Category featuring articles about everyday life as a female, parent, single parent, self employed person and adult.
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How To Live Self Care For Life: Self-Care Tips for #SelfCareWeek
Read moreThis week has been #SelfCareWeek across social media. It’s an NHS annual event that raises awareness of what we can do to improve our physical and mental health. This year’s theme is Live Self Care For Life.
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My Second Thought of the Day for BBC Suffolk, Evenings with Jon Wright: Long Distance Relationships
Read moreThis is the second of four thoughts of the day I recorded for BBC Suffolk Radio last month. The subject for this thought was ‘Long Distance Relationships’ so I talked about the ups and downs of my relationship, and what works for us.
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A Virtual Party with Moonpig
Read moreLast week I was invited to a virtual lockdown event hosted by Moonpig, and it’s the first online party I’ve ever been to. It was for around thirty bloggers who I got to meet virtually, whilst having masterclasses in cocktail making, flower arranging and card design. Lockdown has been hugely isolating for me, and most…
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I’m Back… It’s Been a Busy Few Months!
Read moreIt’s been a manic few months of both great and really difficult times, and it’s sadly meant that I’ve neglected this blog.It’s been good to have a break from it in some ways, as I now feel refreshed and able to bore you with my rants, ideas and parenting highs and lows. Here’s a round-up…
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Dementia-Friendly Christmas Gifts
Read moreChristmas gifts are going to be more difficult this year. As my grandmother’s Alzheimer’s progresses, it’s becoming increasingly harder to find gifts that she will enjoy.
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I Nearly Lost My Mum This Month
Read more“You were at deaths door a couple of weeks ago, but we couldn’t tell you that because we didn’t want you to give up the fight.”
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What Makes My Mum So Special
Read moreAs Mother’s Day drawers closer, I’m aware of how much I feel for my mum, but of how little I say it to her. In fact the last time I think I told her was when I was about 9 or 10, and I wrote her a poem for Mother’s Day, which still hangs on…
