The earliest mood of motherhood comes before there is motherhood at all - prompted by that first moment staring at blue lines on a stick. It may be joy, or relief, or surprise, or shock, or fear - very few moments can be so life-changing and provoke such opposing emotions. For me, it was an inexplicable sense ...
Driving along the coast road, the September sun is filtering through the white sky. Mixed weather is what the forecasters call it. Silence from the back; a Saturday football roundup on the radio. Tired after running all day, three small faces are watching but not watching. The sea stretches out beside us and the red and ...
"It is exceptionally hard but people still do it. Other than hormones, there must be a reason people make the choice to become parents multiple times" I had a very interesting, eye-opening conversation today with someone close to me - I'll call her Claire because I know she'd like to have a blog name. I had ...