November '21 Archive

Trigger warning: racism My darling son, Today you asked me to play cops and robbers. You wanted to be the criminal. I could not do it. It hurt too much because I saw George Floy... Read More

Like the gusts that are blowing away the autumn leaves, the winds of change are blowing for me.  As I write I'm finishing up with my current law firm, and by the time you read this I'll ... Read More

My son started school in September 2020, and I have continued to work part time.  I had considered using my new ‘spare time’ when he was at school to either do a course in gardening ... Read More

My mother-in-law was a stay at home mum for much of my husband’s childhood – a fact that we tried to explain to our six year old over the summer. He listened to our explanation, frowned a... Read More

By the time this blog is published, we will have moved house.  “It’s a big adventure!” we tell the children, describing our new house.  We are lucky to be moving about 10m... Read More