I’ve been in Barcelona with my daughter for a four day break. We booked it very last minute when she found herself unexpectedly between jobs and I managed to juggle my work days. Unbelievably I’d never been to Barcelona – […]
I wrote a letter to my 23 year old daughter on International Women’s Day to offer her some sage advice from an older, wiser woman who has been round the block a few times and got the scars and the […]
For many, the last 18 months has been a horrendous experience and in some cases it continues to be so. There are those who are still grieving, those who are still angry or sad, those with long Covid, many who […]
I thought I’d write a letter to my 23 year old daughter on International Women’s Day to offer her some sage advice from an older, wiser woman who has been round the block a few times and got the scars, […]
OH GREAT, so just as I thought I’d covered every eventuality in my previous blog post on “Do We Ever Stop Worrying About Our Children” with regard of the list of things my daughter needs to be careful of whilst […]
So proud of my daughter who graduated from university just a few days ago. Graduation Day was at the same venue as her brother who graduated two years ago. The universities make it such a special, memorable day. I didn’t […]
When I read Angela Ahrendt’s letter to her daughters on International Women’s Day it suddenly dawned on me that there might be a reason why I am a hopelessly directionless single parent and she is a hugely successful international leader. […]
I feel as if I’m on borrowed time. I managed to get the day off work today so that I could spend time with my mother and my daughter at one of my favourite spots in the whole wide world. […]
I keep sitting down to start a blog post about my daughter leaving for university, but I can’t make the words come out without having to get up and walk around and do something else to distract me. In my […]
Two of my children have now finished school! My daughter’s secondary education is over and another chapter in our lives is shut. Now she moves on to a chapter where I no longer play a starring role. Just a little […]
Everywhere we look is another casualty. The man in the corner is slowly swaying, eyes closed, trying to shut out the world and simply deal with his pain. His partner is stroking his hair. The girl opposite him asks for […]
My gorgeous daughter is going to go far. I have had YEARS of having to ask her to stop wearing my clothes – not sure it’s actually made any difference – especially my Uggs and she has recently totally ruined […]
