Posts Tagged by love

Things My Baby Taught Me About Me


Dear Ameli, I know I don’t often write you letters on random days of the month, but usually gather up all the little things I want to say to you into your monthly letter. Today is different though, because today, I don’t want to tell you about you. I want, instead, to tell you about… more

Motherhood And Unconditional Love


I wonder how many mothers have sat, looking at pictures of other newborns, and reminisced about how worthwhile it is. more

News Of The Week: Forced Adoption And Conditional Love


I was reading the Guardian Life & Style Family section and “My mum said I must give up my baby” caught my eye. The stories are all sad, and all about the same. It was the 50′s or the 60′s and my parents didn’t want me bringing shame on their house so they took away… more

The Mother and Baby Bond


I was pregnant for 40 weeks and six days. I knew pretty early on that I was pregnant and had my first scan at 3 weeks. When I saw my little baby on the screen, no bigger or different from my coat button, that became its name, “Button”. I didn’t know the sex, but from… more

If I Should Die…


Dear Ameli, As I lay feeding you tonight, watching your eyes grow heavy and your breath deepen, I wondered what you would want to know about me one day, if I were to die. I imagined you sitting on a beach, lost in thought. I imagined your Aunty coming to you, and I imagined you… more

365-175 to 365-181 A Week in Pictures


We have had another fantastic week of travel and visitors. We have been so blessed, and my Dad, Mom and Brother deserve a huge thank you for making all this possible for us. We could not have managed this holiday for ourselves at this time, much less given my gran such an amazing time.  My… more

365-98 to 365-104 A Week in Pictures


Our weeks are sometimes so diverse, it’s hard to find a common theme. This is one of those weeks. From Folkstone to Norway, a bit of London, some nature and some routine, but always two constants: the people I love in the life we live. more

Taming the Tigress – the Protective Parent


There are so many emotions and feelings involved in parenting. Most of them are beautiful, wonderful emotions and feelings, but there are a few that are technnically quite negative. more

I’m a Gaga Mama


I was accused recently in an article I wont give credence by linking to, of being ‘gag worthy’ for a post I wrote when my daughter was four weeks old, in which I took a humorous look at the things that have changed in my life since becoming a mother. This person went further and… more

Susie Q’s Thoughts on Motherhood


Susie Q is the owner of the lighthearted and funny blog Out of the Ordinary. She bravely agreed to swap blogs with me for one day, as we explore each other’s lives. We couldn’t be more different: Single, no children and employed vs married, a baby and a stay at home mom,  Susie and I… more


Susie Q is the owner of the lighthearted and funny blog Out of the Ordinary. She bravely agreed to swap blogs with me for one day, as we explore each other’s lives. We couldn’t be more different: Single, no children and employed vs married, a baby and a stay at home mom,  Susie and I take a look at family life and single life from opposite sides of the aisle.  After reading Susie’s thoughts here, stop by her blog to read mine and for a good laugh, take a look at some of her other posts too!

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