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I apologise for the following, poetry is not my strong point but this week is proving to be a hard week for me. I tend to withdraw from my family when I am struggling to process my thoughts. I am conscious that this could have a detrimental impact on my children, despite my best effortsContinueContinue reading “My Reasons”

How is everyone doing? Are you all ok or are some of you, like me, feeling overwhelmed for no particular reason. I do not know why but for some reason this week I have started to worry about Christmas. Its creeping up on us now and I have not had my usual prompt to beginContinueContinue reading “It is still November right?”

So I mentioned in my previous post that I am a “railway widow” and I promised that I would elaborate on this label. NowI refer to myself as a railway widow because my husband works on the railways. What this means is that my husband is away for the majority of the time due toContinueContinue reading “Railway Widow”

The brain is an amazing organ. The way that it processes and stores information is fascinating. When I think of the brain I find myself thinking of it as a CPU within my body however, I think my brain could benefit from some refurbishment. As I have got older my ROM drive appears to beContinueContinue reading “Memories”

What a week it has been so far. My husband has taken a week’s holiday this week so that we can redecorate our hall, stairs and landing. Safe to say tensions have been running high and the house is pretty much chaos. Puppy still isn’t 100% either. So dog pee and gourmet food daily stillContinueContinue reading “We are Decorating”

Last night the Prime Minister kept the country waiting (rude) to announce that as from Thursday 5 November England will be in lockdown until 2 December. Luckily for me, this time the schools are remaining open for the time being. This may change as time goes on, we already know this from our previous experiences.ContinueContinue reading “Upcoming Lockdown”

Hi guys, apologies for the delay with posting this week. Unfortunately I have been preoccupied with half term, a poorly puppy and I have hit a bit of a block with my writing. There are plenty of things that I could write about but I have been struggling to find the words this week. ThereContinueContinue reading “Joy of Halloween”

So it’s half term, and if I am honest I am absolutely dreading the next week. As I have said before I am not a fun mum and I did struggle with my children during lockdown. Part of the reason for this is because children are messy. My children make mess and do not tidyContinueContinue reading “Half Term…Oh Joy!”

I don’t know about anyone else but I have spent a large amount of time over the last few months feeling ashamed. I have not felt ashamed because I have necessarily done anything wrong but because of the behaviour of some people who look like me. It has highlighted to me how naïve I amContinueContinue reading “Shame and Pride”

I, like most people, have a phobia. Some people are afraid of heights, some people are afraid of the dark or spiders. I am and have always been afraid of snakes. To me, anything that can move that quickly, without any limbs, and eat its food whole is just wrong. However, I have noticed asContinueContinue reading “Expanding Bank of Fears”