Beauty

I look in the mirror – what do I see? A tired-out mummy stares back at me. I see the grey hairs, the bags under the eyes The tiger-striped tummy,…

Slow Down, Time

Slow down, time, don’t go so fast I want to make these moments last My little ones, so sweet, so small Will all too soon grow big and tall Baby…

The handwritten version of my spiral poem on "Anger"

Anger

A little trigger Anger starts to simmer Try to take a deep breath and calm down Tension is growing Anger’s embers are glowing Shoulders tensing, jaw clenching and frown Anger…

Jessica looking at her birthday card on CBeebies

An Ode To CBeebies

Hey, hey are you ready to play? Oh joy, it’s the Tweenies – I wish they’d go away! But my toddler shrieks with excitement: I know just how much she…

Writing - this week's word of the week

Word of the Week 04/07/14 – Writing

This word for this week has to be writing. Tuesday marked the start of Camp NaNoWriMo – a writing challenge where I set myself a target word count (20,000 words)…

A close up of one of the rhododendrons at Langley Park

My Favourite Smells

The smell of freshly washed hair gives me a sense of bliss As I give both my babies a tender bedtime kiss The warm damp smell they have when from…

A picture of a clock with the time at 9.30

I Wish I Had More Time

I wish I had more time, more hours in every day Making the most of those moments to sit with my girls and play. I wish I had more time…

Sophie asleep in her cot

It was inevitable

It was inevitable that the week leading up to my birthday would see hubby even more sleep-deprived than me due to working into the early hours on events followed by…