Do you feel a bit like this? It feels sort of frivolous and silly to be allowing the decoration of my baby’s nursery (correction: baby corner in our bedroom) to take up any of my headspace. There’s plenty to be worried about and plenty of work to be done before maternity leave. However, perhaps that’s a reason FOR nesting and planning, rather than against. Worry is useless. Work will happen and likely continue to drain the last bits of energy out of me.So, really, in a year when everything is bleak, perhaps the Nesting that mothers of all animals experience is even more crucial than ever.It gives you a sense of control (albeit over just a 1 metre squared dominion) in a...
After a week we'll all remember for many years to come, it seemed like everyone was celebrating the Biden-Harris Victory. However, that simply wasn’t the case, because as in all elections, for a big group of people the result is not a victory, it is a huge loss. It’s sad to think that nations can feel so divided during those political processes. It makes you think about your own nation, doesn’t it? Considering the question: Are we united? Well, I can hardly agree with myself on a day to day basis, so of course, we'll never get 4.9 million people perfectly aligned. But! Overall, I truly feel WE ARE UNITED. A great pride feels in how we have come together against...
(read till the end to find a DELICIOUS SUPER EASY indulgent dessert to treat him with at the end of a day of play!) Hey, here's a story: "I am not a sea swimmer"... I'm almost constantly enveloped in a cosy jacket with a hot cup of tea attached permanently to my hand- a creature of comforts. I can think of nothing worse than stripping for the Atlantic/Irish Sea to envelope me and threaten a cardiac arrest. But, while in Greystones recently for a walk -sea adjacent (that’s as close as I’m getting people) - I saw a dad out with two young kids who were playing chase with the sea and gleefully letting the waves catch them every now and then....
I know you. I know you create to-do lists that would require a small army to complete and you constantly think you’re not doing enough, or not doing anything well enough. So I’m guessing the “List Guilt” this year could be monumental. Did you make plans for 2020? Did you write out goals? I did. I do it every year. Remember in January 2020 when everyone was posting a summary of their decade from 2010-2019? Then they wrote their hopes and dreams for the next decade. LOL, right? It’s hard when things don’t go to plan. From something as small as your friend cancelling that coffee catch up you were in dyre need of, to your life plans being pulled...
