A journal of sincerity and sarcasm, where the voices in my head come to be counted
My inbox this morning is overrun with organisations advocating for black lives; pledging to be there for black mothers, black children, black businesses; for…
Hart graduating from university and then leaving almost immediately for New York may have contributed to my recent writer’s block. Afraid to write too…
“Depending on what they are, our habits will either make us or break us. We become what we repeatedly do.” ~Sean Covey The morning routine…
I am having a Bank Holiday weekend full of smiles, laughs and out and out can’t breathe hilarity. This coincides with the start again…
My son Hart and his bestie Ciara have a poignant and hilarious podcast called ‘Why Don’t You Love Me?’ “A weekly deep dive into…
Lately, me, colleagues and friends, all peers, begin a riotous, sad, pathetic, funny or otherwise tale. We will then typically stop our narration to…
Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds. ~ Buddha I’ve written a couple of times about Valentine’s Day. The…
There are two kinds of people: 1) those who believe everything happens for a reason; and 2) those who stare very hard at people…
When I was at school, I wanted to be an actress. This was in the years before we stopped grouping these creatives into male…
Hart was 12 when his school came down with a virus which felled the students like a raging forest fire. On average, it took…
As an early morning riser, I sometimes forget not everyone starts their day at 4.00 am. In this fit of forgetfulness, I have been…
It’s been a while since I’ve updated my blog or, indeed, been that much online, and it all started when I didn’t take my…
It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. ~ Berkeley Breathed I first heard the phrase “Once a man, twice a child” from my mother’s lips….
1 August 2018 – the funeral day for Kate. May she rest in peace. Our love and support are with her friends and family…
Have you ever thought about walking away from your blog? Yep, just up and going. See ya. Bloggers before you have done it. I’ve…
Be where you are, otherwise you will miss your life. ~ Buddha Growing up, my siblings and I were not allowed to refer to…
Hart was 12 when his school came down with a virus which felled the students like a raging forest fire. On average, it took…
A writing prompt on the internet this week (‘Leaving Home’) reminded me of a piece my then teenage daughter Morgan wrote in 2013. She…
Underneath all the parenting angst, I yearned for the days when my teenager didn’t see me as the enemy, but their go-to person and…
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