As I sit watching the news about Paris, I wonder how on earth we are supposed to be positive and, as a mum, I wonder how I can stay positive for my children when they are asking me that question for which there is no answer, or not one that make sense....
Anyone who is in a relationship will understand what I mean when I say men who do things “for us”. I am not talking about the men who buy us presents, or whisk us away on weekend breaks (I have heard rumours that these men do exist). Nor the men...
Living in Chaos in Kent brings with it a variety of experiences. Laugh out loud moments, cry in despair moments, unbelievably proud mum moments, love my husband moments, wish the dog would stop barking at everyone moments, proud of me moments and want to close the door and hide moments....
When I look on social media, there is often so much doom and gloom about living in the world of SEN. I have three children with statements of SEN and we’ve lost count of the labels we have been awarded so I know there are lots of things that can...
There are so many bloggers out there. In fact, according to Blogging Statistics – Worldometers, over 2.1million posts have been written today. I am often asked which blogs I read so I want to share you with a selection of my favourite bloggers. I have a huge list of blogs...
There are times in this journey when I worry that all I am doing is “just coping”. I feel as if just coping is not good enough and I should be doing better. Often, I am angry about the lack of support available but sometimes I am angry at myself....
I don’t know about you but we are the house of games consoles. You name it, we have it. The staff in our local Game shop know us by name, know what we like and ask if we’ve been ill or on holiday if we don’t pop in once a week....
Last month, we bought a new bike for me. I was never really an enthusiastic cyclist as a child, I owned a Tomahawk (my brother got the Chopper) but I was more a roller skate and make perfume from petals type girl. However, I am listening to a Fitpod from Thinking Slimmer at the...
You will fail Not all the time but on many occasions, you will fail. I know there have been numerous times when I have entered the familiar dark arena of failure and been overcome with guilt, disgust, frustration, shame, sadness, guilt, despair, envy, jealousy, doubt and a multitude of other negative emotions. There...
As anyone who knows me will tell you, especially my husband, I have a real passion for stationery. Put me in Staples or Paperchase for an hour and I am in my happy space. I have a huge array of notebooks and to be honest, most of them I bought...
