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I’ve spent a lot of this month with a lump in my throat, fighting back tears, as I say goodbye to daily routines which I’ve cherished. The...
As I rolled over in bed to open the container which houses my mouth guard, which I now have to wear nightly, and having already popped my magnesium...
I joined the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) at my son’s school a year ago, and the reaction of friends when I tell them never fails to amuse me....
I’ve been experiencing a weird sort of parenting grief the last couple of weeks, one which hit me totally unexpectedly. My daughter Florence finally...
It’s all systems go for the Loose Women team this week. On Sunday, for the first time in the show’s 25-year history, the team gets to walk the...
I love a holiday without my children. I mean, I love my children, that’s a given. I love spending time with them, that’s also a given. And I love...
There’s one complaint I hear a lot from my parent mates: the ever-shortening attention spans of their kids. What with advancements in technology,...
“Bollocks!” That was the reaction this week from a mum friend of mine to yet more guidance about the “correct” way to parent your children,...
It was when our office manager handed over a really kind handwritten letter from a viewer this week that I was reminded about the reality of being a...
Cosmetic surgery isn’t something that has ever crossed my mind, to be honest with you. I’ve never felt compelled to hand over cash to someone to...
On Thursday morning, my phone pinged with a screenshot from a friend of a news article that genuinely made me squeal with excitement. It was about the...
I was reminded this week that the connection to your parents’ place of birth can still take a hold of you so strongly, even when you worry that the...
I’ve written before about the processes of grief when you lose a loved one, navigating the pathways of grief are the sorts of roads to which I’m...
Like thousands of other Caribbean immigrant families up and down the UK, when my maternal family moved to Britain from the Caribbean, they had to...
When the message came through on one of the WhatsApp groups I’m part of on Thursday morning, the shock, sadness, and heartbreak we felt was...