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Has anyone else been filled with terror at the prospect of the school summer holidays?  It’s one of those things that I’m nervous about mentioning in polite society – I have vi... Read More
This morning we enjoyed some glimmers of normality (and a quiet house) as our second child was welcomed back to his primary school. Lockdown with two parents working from home, two extrovert pri... Read More
Lockdown has been an experience to remember. As it threw people out of their usual routine, I’ve been able to notice a number of interesting and positive changes. In eight years of living in my... Read More
My name’s Linda and I feel really anxious. This is a new experience for me and I find it hard to admit. It's also hard to admit that until recently I'd never really understood... Read More
I started writing this blog a few weeks ago and it was originally about the amazing #MotherWorks photography exhibition ( www.wearemoi.net ), created by Fiona Freund.  #MotherWorks compares... Read More
When I was invited to join the team of blog writers for WorkLife Central, I thought I’d be able to write some light hearted observations about the day to day juggling (always juggling) of work ... Read More
As I write, the world around us is changing daily, and we’re all navigating a new, very insular and yet much more intense daily life. Things have been changing so fast. In what feels almos... Read More
“Home-school”: enough to chill the heart of many working parents and, until recently, two words that had rarely entered my mind as potentially one day being relevant to my world.   ... Read More
We’re coming up for 5 years of parenthood and 10 years of being a couple. Or can you add the age of the second child to the first and say you’ve been a parent for 6 1/2 years? Then when w... Read More
In the olden days I used to exercise a lot and to a reasonably high standard, swimming as a kid then rowing at uni.  I took it for granted, but I now think it was why I never got stressed about ... Read More
Trigger warning: premature birth  Life with a pretermer baby was hard enough. When our baby daughter Isabella arrived at an exceptionally early 24 weeks, as I described in my previous blo... Read More
Christmas is a magical time of year for children, when the Big Man in Red wriggles down the chimney to deliver presents to good little boys and girls. I have fond memories of shooting downstairs on C... Read More
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