The beautiful, funny & unsightly truths about raising 3 year old twins & an 8 year old singleton… with one on the way!
Here are some prose I wrote last week, during my recovery from surgery. They describe my feelings surrounding my ectopic pregnancy. There are some people who feel I should be "over it" by now, or that I had no cause to be upset, because my pregnancy was so early on. The truth is, that it […]
I was going to blog another poem about spring, for this weeks Wednesday Words, but then I heard a song on the radio which really moved me. Not only did it move me, but it's highly topical at the moment. Gay Marriage was made legal in the UK in the early hours of Saturday morning […]
I was sent this quote via Facebook this morning, from a new acquaintance, a friend-of-a-friend. I couldn't help but feel it had meaning for me. “The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” - Steve Jobs Now realistically, I'm not about to change the world, […]
This is a poem I wrote last week, whilst I was radioactive and not allowed near my children, due to receiving radioactive iodine 131 for Thyroid Cancer. The aim of this, was to illuminate any cancer and thyroid cells on a full body scan, to see if my radiotherapy in May 2013 has worked or […]
What happened to Wednesday Words? Ah well this week, we have gone insane with our Gromit spotting addiction and I am back at work too, so I actually wasn't home at all on Wednesday to blog! HUGE apologies to my loyal Wednesday Words fans, but this week only we are all about the Thursday words! […]
This week's Wednesday Words is about Hard Work. I went back to work yesterday, after both my maternity leave and my sick leave for Cancer. I didn't want to. I want to be a stay at home mum, but that's not a luxury I can afford. It's only part time, in the evenings, but having […]
A few weeks ago, I told you that I'd written a poem for my husband, but also that I had left it in isolation with my old mobile phone. Well my mobile phone is no longer dangerously radioactive and has been returned to me. So here is the poem I wrote for my husband, all […]
After the incredible experience that was Britmums Live 2013, I wanted to find a quote about online friendship... ...But that sounded sad and geeky and I didn't think my non-blogger readers would quite understand. But you see... that doesn't matter, because Britmums Live took away the difference. It changed many of my online friends, into […]
Oooh I have a treat for you this week... not one but TWO poems. Not mine though. Yesterday was mine and Jonny 2nd Wedding Anniversary. So I am going to share with you the readings we read to each other, after our vows, at our wedding. This is the one I read to Jonny... I […]
I have found Twitter, Facebook and the blogosphere to be an enormous support network for me. Thousands of incredible people who take time out of their day to send me a message of kindness, hope, well wishes or comfort. These people know they have carried me through the darker times of my Cancer treatment. There […]