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...
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...
❤️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, Alongside an abundance of love, we will raise you acknowledging what it can mean to have the colour of your skin, even...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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?” “I’m sorry, what?” I know, I know. It’s not a headline I’ve seen before. I think I’ve heard it referenced...
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...
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...
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 –...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
They say grief is always harder when significant events hit. Festivals, holidays, birthdays, babies…weddings. With 14 years of navigating...
Mum 🌻 Sharing my favourite ‘grief’ quote on this day that marks half my life without you. Mum – “mum, mum, mum”. I miss saying “mum”,...
Happy birthday mum 🌻 I miss you! It’s 2018 now. You’ve been absent from planet earth for half of my life. So much has happened and...