Linda's blog: It's Just a Phase
"It's just a phase" I said last week, hoping to reassure my friend with a newborn baby who was worried about not managing to get dressed before 2pm. It was my wise mum who first s... Read More
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Angel's Blog: Matching Christmas PJ’s
Hey, how are you all? Today I am writing from the ‘Half Term Trenches’. I am still alive, amazingly still smiling and my kids haven’t killed each other. How I hear you ask?
I c... Read More
Jo's blog: It's All About Timing
This year I turned 50 and decided to return to work after a long career break. Thank God for HRT!
My peri menopause symptoms probably started subtly over the last few years, but the roller ... Read More
Anushka's blog: Stuffocation
So, I’m approaching a happy age in my kids’ lives when ‘the time has come to put away childish things’. This is ages 10 and 11 in my case. Thank goodness. Happy is ... Read More
Jon's blog: Up and Down on the Cancercoaster
How was your summer and return to reality last month? Autumn has well and truly arrived now, and we’re back on the treadmill of school and work.
In my last blog I was continuing the ... Read More
Dolly's blog: Back to The Start
As a teenager in the 1980s, I was addicted to Capital Radio, desperate for enough money to buy a pair of Converse, and had a crush on the boy over the road. I dreamt of working with dolphins and ador... Read More
Ruth's blog: My Turn to Choose
School starts next week: into Year 2 for our eldest and our youngest starts in Reception. Everyone is very excited. The older one to see all of her friends, go back to the school routine an... Read More
Julia's blog: New Parents All Over Again
This summer, we have been exposed to the beginnings of what it feels like to be the parents of a teenager, and it’s left both of us feeling exactly that: utterly exposed, totally lost and rathe... Read More
Caroline M's blog: Thank You for the Days
My mom was an avid reader. She had a stunning command of language, and many of my memories in my twenties revolve around book swaps, and book club like conversation between us.
For six weeks I h... Read More
Barbara's blog: The Accidental Regulator
This year we went on holiday separately as Son and Daughter, who are 15 and 16 years old respectively, have such polar opposite preferences that compromising would have meant ‘half-way happy&rs... Read More
Linda's blog: Please Can We Stop This Madness?
When the new term starts my daughter will enter her final year at primary school. The years have flown by and I can hardly believe the small, shy and still cute 4-year-old has become the tall, opinio... Read More
Angel's blog: Family Staycation
I must admit, before my youngest was born (4 years ago) hubby and I were pretty spoiled when it came to holidays. We went everywhere, Cuba, Thailand, you name it. When the eldest was born we took him... Read More
Laura's blog: Another Milestone
I hit a milestone birthday last week. I’d been worried about this for months. I know age is only a number, and “it’s all about how you feel” (says almost everyone), but there&... Read More
Livia's Mum's blog: The Double C Words
Life was wonderful and I say this without arrogance. In January 2018, we welcomed our first child, and first grandchild on both sides of the family, to the world. So, it was not particula... Read More
Anushka's blog: My Holiday Alone – The Best Thing for My Fa...
The inspiration for my solo holiday was admittedly revenge for my husband’s 12 days away on a desert marathon and 1.5 years of training for said event. What both my family and I gained fro... Read More
Jon's blog: 3 Months On
In my last blog I shared about my recent and unexpected diagnosis of stage 4 bowel cancer, which was treatable but not medically curable. I’d been on gruelling chemotherapy for around thr... Read More
Uchenna's blog: All Eyes on Me
I have to hand it to Generation Alpha - their confidence and sassy natures that interrupt adult conversation midway and point out emphatically: "You're not clapping for me!"
This w... Read More
Dolly's blog: When the Chips are Down: A Survival Guide
It’s a year since life as I knew it pretty much fell apart. At first I thought a week would fix it, then perhaps a month, maybe three months tops. Each continuation seemed quite liter... Read More
Jo's blog: On Being A Returner
I’ve been on a career break. I am not sure if there is ever a right time to do it or a time not to do it, but as it turned out for us, circumstances conspired to make the decision a little easi... Read More
Ruth's blog: 15 Fridays
I have got 15 Fridays left with my son before he starts school in September. That doesn’t feel very many. It doesn’t feel enough.
Since returning to work when he was arou... Read More
Ruban's blog: Time out: London
It’s been 5 weeks since I have been sat at a desk and logged onto my work laptop. I am impressed I can even remember the password and avoid the ignominy of explaining why I forgot it without bl... Read More
Caroline M's blog: Upping Sticks
There is a song my Father-in-Law likes to sing and the opening lines are as follows; “This is my homeland, the place I was born in, no matter where I go it’s in my soul……
... Read More
Barbara's blog: Be More Dog
A few weeks ago, a friend bought me a book to help me navigate the challenge that having a three-legged dog has brought to our family. And rather than just provide practical advice to support the dog... Read More
Julia's blog: The Days Are Long, But The Years Are Short
Our middle child, a daughter aged 10, went away this week on the longest school residential trip any of our children have undertaken (Covid got in the way of our eldest’s anticipated Year 5 and... Read More
Linda's blog: Small Pleasures
Over recent weeks our 9 year old daughter’s excitement has grown as she prepared for her first sleepover at a friend's house. There was much talk about what they were going to do... Read More
Angel's blog: Take Your Lunchbreak
I had a health scare recently, and when I say scare, lets imagine absolutely petrified. It started with a squeezing pain in the right of my chest, it would last for one second and go away. Ever... Read More
Laura's blog: The Big Return to the Office - The Hardest Tr...
“But Mummy, I don’t want you to go into London, I want you to stay here with me!”
My eldest is aged 4. I have been on maternity leave, and then working from home full-time, sin... Read More
Jasmina's blog: My 4 Year Old Daughter Has A Pension – Here’...
There has been recent discussion in the press about the increasing pension gap between men and women at traditional retirement age and at the younger end of the career ladder. Some of these articles ... Read More
Anushka's blog: Daring to Dream, Equality and Balance
So, I’m writing this after my husband has just completed the Marathon des Sables, dubbed the toughest foot race on Earth - 250km over 6 days, self-sufficient (carrying own food and gear) throug... Read More
Jon's blog: Not Quite What I Had In Mind
In my last blog, I mentioned that I was wrapping up at my current law firm for pastures new. However, and before I could start the new job I ended up in hospital and – long story short &n... Read More