Honest, relatable stories about life’s ups and downs, lessons learned, and insights from a midlife perspective.
The sock struggle every parent knows If you’ve ever spent a frantic morning hunting for your toddler’s missing socks, only to find one behind the sofa and the other somewhere between the car seat and the ball pit, you’ll love…
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H, and Cyrus on the beach during a recent holiday in Crete, Greece Pauline Collins: My teenage heroine When I was a teenager, Pauline Collins was nothing short of a heroine. Watching her in the movie, Shirley Valentine, as a…
View PostFifty. Half a century. And I decided the only way to mark my 50th year on this planet was with a little Botox. I’d scoured reviews, found a reputable clinic, and somehow convinced H that I absolutely, desperately needed this…
View PostI’ve spent most of my life in a complicated truce with the woman staring back at me in the mirror. As I inch further into my late 40s, I realise this truce is less about perfection and more about negotiation.…
View PostPandemic: what lockdown taught us As Cyrus straps on his backpack, so excited for the first proper day of school in what feels like a lifetime, I can’t help but pause and reflect. The past couple of years have been……
View PostWhen my mum died at 65, the day before I was due to start a new job, life did what life does: it knocked the stuffing out of me. Flowers arrived, cards piled up, colleagues offered condolences. I cried, I…
View PostThe hardest thing about being a mum over 40 after losing my own was that she was always the first person I’d call – good or bad.
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