So tomorrow, I step back into this part of my job that is more important now than ever. And I’ve given a lot of thought to which mug I’m going to pick for coffee tomorrow. (If I hadn’t just dedicated three paragraphs to the importance of coffee mugs, this may have even come ...
Phone conversations on the street outside the flat, sitting on concrete steps by the old newsagents in my pyjamas with a mug of tea, because you can take the girl out of the North, but the North will always find a way to creep back in somehow. I remember hugging and hand-holding and...
I work and have worked hard, I’m not naive enough to not acknowledge that having a healthy loving family life growing up and parents who wanted their daughter to support herself and manage her finance helped me. The biggest thing my family has helped instill are the values that I live w...
For me, the guilt and self-blame get compounded by those long, dark months of watching my daughter struggle on the edge of life and death. I tormented myself with everything I might’ve done wrong to cause her premature birth. I used to tell myself that if I could just bring her ho...
“That’s cool. So everyday you’re going to put a heart with something on our door?” my oldest daughter asked. When I told them yes, they actually let out a big “yeah!” OMG! They actually liked it! I haven’t lost them yet! One point for Mom!
“That’s cool. So everyday you’re going to put a heart with something on our door?” my oldest daughter asked. When I told them yes, they actually let out a big “yeah!” OMG! They actually liked it! I haven’t lost them yet! One point for Mom!