That question was one of the many questions I dealt with during the Queens funeral yesterday. Just before it started, I did wonder what on earth the chances were of me getting through the whole thing in silence. Little Man has no idea how to be silent just lately. It is like he has found […]
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Yesterday, I was talking to someone about how I’m an “old” mum. We’d previously been talking about how my daughter was 12. The lady said “How old were you when you had your youngest?”. I said “39”. She replied “Oh! You only look about 46 or 47!”. She seemed quite pleased with herself for the compliment. My youngest is 5. I’m only 43. I died a little inside.
That is how Mr CTBE described our day. In case I haven’t mentioned him, Mr CTBE is my boyfriend (I feel too old to say that!) who lives with me and my two little people. It started off horrendously. I had a full on meltdown of panic and emotional craziness. I’m no Mary Poppins and
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I’m going through the toilet training stage with my little one. He is 3 and has…additional needs (a phrase I have found stops people judging him). Anyway, today I held a poo. You know that you’ve really made it as a parent when you can catch a poo, hold it in your hand and hold
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I’m going through a divorce. A long and painful one. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel and I should have done it long ago. There are plus sides and one of them is how I came to survive another day. When you’re going through a divorce, if the Dad isn’t a
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So here it is. My moment of clarity. I was standing in the shower trying to ignore the bang bang bang on the bathroom door and the cries of “Muuuummmmmyyyyy!” and it hit me. Suddenly I thought…
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