Month: March 2018

Motherhood: A Charity for Every Parent

  Two Fridays ago, myself and the lovely Tanya from Mummy Barrow were guests at a rather special dinner. Both of us love nothing more – after a crazy hectic week of teenage parenting and work – than a takeaway with Netflix and Twitter in our slippers on a Friday night, but we’d been given a gig we couldn’t turn down: backstage social media coverage of the Ronald McDonald House Charities Gala dinner.   The dinner had a ‘Lumière’ theme – bringing light and hope to families in need. Entertainers at the Gala dinner “The what??” you ask. I know …

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Style: 5 Tips for Comfortable Shoes that look Amazing

Comfortable shoes that are still stylish: New Look wide fit wedges

My mother tells a story of how she once left me outside the cubicle of a dress shop while she tried on an outfit, and came out to find me prancing round the fitting rooms in another woman’s shoes. She tells a lot of tall stories my mum, but either I remember this one, or it just sounds so ME that I’ve created one of those picture memories we all make to illustrate our earliest histories. It was the sound they made. Those heels I wasn’t allowed (but secretly bought with pocket money as a teenager, to change into on …

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Health: Easy Ways to Eat More Fruit and Veg

Before you click away, this is definitely NOT a health food post! I enjoy roast pork, a citrusy Sauvignon, and cheese far too much to ever write a post about diets, and you will never find me advocating a protein bar. But. I know that there are things that make me feel generally better in myself. A daily walk in the fresh air; plenty of water; a few nights a week without alcohol; and a good amount of fruit and vegetables in my diet. The trouble is, when life is hectic, and food often comes in the variety of ‘grab’ …

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Parenting: What Defines a Mother?

I don’t have any photos of my boy on the walls of my house. There are 32 of my firstborn, as I’m frequently reminded by my son, who is a second child. I’ve been meaning to do it for 10 years – I’ve just been too busy. Being a mother. It’s not that I don’t feel guilty – believe me, I do. There just always seems to be something more urgent to take care of. I even bought a frame, just like the one I did for my daughter, but it’s gathering dust under my bed, where it’s been since …

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