I love the Monday after Remembrance Day. It's one of the best Mondays. It means that Remembrance is over for another year! Not that I don't think it's important (it is) or that it Remembrance Sunday isn't beautiful in it's own way (it is). It's just that I find the space a tricky one to [...]
I've been promising this one for a while, and here I am finally getting around to sharing a lovely little story with you from the last few weeks. Recently, when Aidan was already asleep and I was settling Sophia, she asked 'if babies come from Mummies and Daddies, who looked after the first babies?'. It [...]
Just a quick one from me tonight to say: Some things from the past week will make it into my memoirs, should I ever write them properly. Aidan has seen Beauty and the Beast and Moana this week, and he pointed at both Belle and Moana and said 'Mama'. I am very flattered! Sophia responded [...]
If I look too closely, if I step into that room Where I shut away the worry, it's space of gloom. When they ask me how he is, I answer vaguely, brightly Because I can't begin to share worry that could bind me. I'm trying to balance it all, two I love so much my [...]
