Mothering Without Mum.
Ouch, that title hurt to type. Sat in the lounge, snuggled in my cosy robe, guzzling down my bolognaise as my husband puts our boy to...
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World Heart Day 2020
❤️Happy #worldheartday Jasper! ❤️ What an idyllic place for us to be marking this day with you. Who would have thought we’d be sitting...
Dear Future Child: Race & Covid
Dear Future Child, Alongside an abundance of love, we will raise you acknowledging what it can mean to have the colour of your skin, even...
🌻 16 Years 🌻
Hello All, I hope you’re doing okay as we plough through this strange time. It’s a weird time for a significant day in our lives, whether...
Pregnancy, Mental Health & Covid 19
Where to start?! Hi Everyone. I really do hope you’re keeping well. It is such a weird time for many at the moment. There’s been lots of...
Talking About 🌻
Today is mum’s birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM! I want to write about my experiences of positive examples of talking about those we love who...
Sunflower, Seed and I
It’s here 🌻🌻🌻 It’s finally here. I am sharing. From sunflower (mum) and me blog to sunflower (mum) seed (baby) and I (meeee) blog. I...
Safety.
There’s something in the lounge. In the kitchen. In the cooking. The love in the food. The warmth in the soup that’s not about...
That Scene From Ugly Betty
“That scene from Ugly Betty?” “I’m sorry, what?” I know, I know. It’s not a headline I’ve seen before. I think I’ve heard it referenced...
My Missing Person.
To my lovely mum. My missing person. My imaginary person. Sometimes when things are all foggy in my heart or head I picture all that you...
#BodyImage the theme of #MHAW19 #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2019
Hi All, We’re now over mid way through ‘the week’. Campaigners and advocates tirelessly work day in night out in their hope to raise...
The Blog I Didn’t Think I’d Write
Hey All, Mums’s anniversary is coming up. Usually I tend to write blogs around her birthday or letters to her around this date but this...
When it doesn’t ‘feel’ okay to ‘be’ not okay.
Hi All, I hope you are ‘okay’. Whatever that means to you. In the mental health world there is a big movement that supports the notion –...
Your Birthday. What Would I do?
Hey Mum, It’s your birthday tomorrow. I’m thinking of you. A lot. I thought to myself earlier, what would we be doing? What would we do...
Living Longer Without You Than With – #grief #bereavement #love #loss
Ouch, typing the title hurt a little. It’s my birthday today. I’ve had a lovely weekend. Action packed. Filled with many of my favourite...
Comfort Zones & Mental Health
Hello Blog! Ah it feels good to write – ok, fair enough, to type. Happy new year. I can’t remember if I’ve ‘written’ since we entered...
Settling with Sadness and Feelings of Flatness
Good Evening, The last few days I’ve been feeling quite sad and quite flat. In the past feelings like these would automatically send a...
A Change In Time Calls For A Change In Mine . . .
Oh how good it feels to to write. I’ve been planning this blog in my head for a while now. Anticipating the weekend where I’ll have time...
They’re not you. They never will be. They’re not meant to be.
Hey Mum, Sunday night, not long to go now. I sit here still missing you. Knowing you’re not coming back. You’re never, coming back, not...
Did it only just happen?
They say grief is always harder when significant events hit. Festivals, holidays, birthdays, babies…weddings. With 14 years of navigating...