A mother’s roll Mum to be New mum Gina Ford mum Breastfeeding mum Mastitis mum Formula mum Working mum Sign language mum Baby-led weaning mum Playgroup rota mum Guilty mum Swimming lessons mum Neurodiversity assessment mum Fight their corner mum Single mum Shouty mum Sleepover mum Leave the office on the dot mum Scout […]
Lucky – 100 words
Lucky On Mother’s Day with the flowers, chocolates, breakfast in bed (or gin, manly hugs, and lunchtime pancakes this year), it’s easy to sugar coat the celebration. ‘Love you mummy,’ tiny wishes and the sharp, sharp pangs for the lost mums, the never-to-be children. Motherhood is hard and messy, and we know all about the […]
Strings attached – 100 words
Strings attached My love is unconditional – an animal born in viscera. Hardwired. Evolved. Oxytocin enchantment distracted me from my enslavement. The journey began with keeping that outraged and unshelled tyrant alive. Hormone drunk, I vowed to nourish and protect – no matter what – and my noble intention did endure the most unreasonable of […]
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Tired. You know how people who have been starved don’t ever have quite the same relationship with food? I don’t mean a bit peckish or even a few pounds lighter after a dirty weekend with the lurghy. No. Proper rib-counting, eye-sinking malnourisment that they didn’t ask for. These people will hoard tins and packets, just […]