Are You Done Yet?

Are You Done Yet?

There are many ‘normal’ questions that people ask Mothers in the course of a ‘normal’ carefree life …  (I, of course, recognise that no one has either a normal or a carefree life. That’s just something that one family once had in a not very good book.. ) But anyway,...
First Day at School

First Day at School

There has been a lot about ‘First day at school’ on social media this week. It was my youngest’s Rocco’s first day. This has been hard, as so many times are, for parents of children who should be present, but are not. I really appreciated Rob Delaney’s tweet on...
We Swim

We Swim

Last weekend I met Lizzie Simmonds’ Mum at dinner. Her mum and my mum are friends. They seem to think Lizzie and I have common ground; we are both strong, confident, hard working, resilient… survivors even. Our dads are both extremely tall and our mums are both proud...