Stepfamilies are the fastest-growing family type in the UK, with an estimated one in three of all families being part of one. I grew up with a stepdad, and I’ve been a stepmom for the last seven years. While it’s a really beautiful role to take on, it can also be damn hard, so I’veContinue reading “Tips for a new stepmom”
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A letter to post lockdown me
As lockdown now starts to ease and we are beginning to see glimpses of normality creeping back in, I wanted to take some time to reflect on the last few months and post a little reminder to myself on what it was like before it all becomes just a distant memory. A Letter to PostContinue reading “A letter to post lockdown me”
Under pressure: Life in lockdown
As I write this, we are currently coming to the end week three of lockdown, a review is imminent and although no one is really ready to say it out loud, we know this is going to be extended. So, as we stare down the barrel of at least a few more weeks of stayingContinue reading “Under pressure: Life in lockdown”
Oh baby!
If you had asked me 10-15 years ago, where I would see myself at 33, I would have 100% told you, married with at least two children. Those of you who have read some of my other blogs, will know what happened on the marriage side, and it’s not something I am against, but I’mContinue reading “Oh baby!”
And we lived happily ever after…. Separately.
Not many of my Instagram followers will know that by the age of 29, I had been married…. and divorced. Now I’m in a totally different place in my life, it’s not something I choose to dwell on, but it’s also something I’m not ashamed to talk about. I had not long turned 22 andContinue reading “And we lived happily ever after…. Separately.”
Dear Dad
Dad is not a title you deserve. It’s not one you’ve earned, but because you are my “biological father”, it’s the name you get given. I have only vague memories of you – not particularly happy, or unhappy. I don’t really remember what you look like, what you sounded like, whether you used to cuddleContinue reading “Dear Dad”
and she said 