I’M a sucker for love and romance. Aren’t we all? But one thing I’ve noticed since becoming a parent, is that often, romance comes way down the at bottom of the list of our priorities. It’s not that we don’t love our partners. It’s just that life gets in the way of us finding time to celebrate that love, spice things up a bit or appreciate each other. It’s rubbish
AS a teenager I thought I knew it all. You could even say, I was quite the handful. I had plenty of runs in with my Mum over the years as I battled for independence and a yearning to grow up fast. I wanted to run before I could walk, which looking back now, must have been so painful for my Mum. (Sorry, Mum!) But guess what? I didn’t know
IF you asked your child to make up your house rules, what would they be?! Scary thought I know (!), but do you think you can imagine what they would come up with? When I asked my daughter Elsie to come up with her own house rules (as above), I got quite the shock. Some of the things I was kind of expecting – like ‘eating chocolate for breakfast’! –
LIFE has changed. And I have entered a new parenting stage. Because you see, no longer is ‘my baby’ a baby or a toddler, but a girl. A proper little girl. First came the potting training, which worked – second time round – like an absolute treat. And then came the loss of the day nap. The glorious day time naps – that were (so often) vital for my sanity
NEW beauty products are coming out every day. So how the devil can we keep up with them all and figure out which ones we should be spending our money on and which ones we should avoid? Well, it’s tricky. Which is why I want to share with you a few beauty belters that I’ve come across over the past month which I think / (hopefully) know you are going
I TOOK Elsie to Yorkshire Sculpture Park a week or so ago. It was the perfect place for her to scamp about, run amok and ‘break in’ her amazing new boots. Her ‘Hattie’ monkey boots from Young Soles that are made from the softest navy leather and feature the most stunning contrasting Liberty print shoelaces. I have to say when these luxury boots arrived for Elsie, I couldn’t stop touching the
“We can learn to see each other & see ourselves in each other & recognise that human beings are more alike than we are unalike.”
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I can still remember the first time I saw the new girl at school. Ten years old, she was my first girl crush. Pretty, stylish, fun and happy, she seemed to have it all. When she didn’t know I was looking, I would gaze at her across the playground or during assembly and marvel at her cool clothes, that set her apart from all of us. She wore raa raa
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