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Posted on July 4, 2020
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I’ve spent a lot of time over the past 48 hours being super anxious about lockdown easing. Relaxing the lockdown restrictions is great for those businesses that need to get going again and people’s livelihoods, and more importantly people’s mental health which will be… Continue Reading “Super Saturday”
Category: childhood, parenting, society, Uncategorized, writingTags: Coronavirus, covid-19, flowers, fruit, health, kids, lockdown, lockdown easing, mental health, nature, nature photography, outdoors, parenting, photography, quarantine, super Saturday, writing
Posted on July 3, 2020
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It’s a Friday evening. I’m cuddled up next to my toddler who is drinking milk and getting ready to sleep. I feel something, a sense of nostalgia for something I’m that isn’t happened yet; a familiar yet inexplicable feeling. Then the clouds start to… Continue Reading “Navigating the Bumps”
Category: Nature, pagan, proseTags: faith, full moon, happiness, hope, July, lockdown, moon, moonlight, pagan, parenting, quarantine, rain, rainy summer, spirituality, wind
Posted on April 30, 2020
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It almost seems Pathetic To complain When we have a roof A house Money coming in- less, mind So much less And no help from on high Thanks to creeping criteria And tape not so much red As blue-blood coloured Fuck the Tories Fuck… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 21: Lockdown Blues”
Category: health, mental health, parenting, poetry, UncategorizedTags: Coronavirus, covid-19, crisis schooling, Depression, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2020, home education, lockdown, mental health, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2020, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, quarantine, school, self-isolation, social distancing
Posted on April 11, 2020
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He came down the stairs In jeans and a smart t-shirt I’d almost forgotten What outdoor clothes looked like Didn’t we live in Comfies now? Loungewear and PJs? “Date night!” he exclaims! And I clap in delight. Such a thing, to be treated like… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 6: Date Night”
Category: childhood, health, mental health, parenting, poetry, UncategorizedTags: babies, Coronavirus, date night, datenight, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2020, isolation, kids, lockdown, marriage, married life, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2020, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, self-isolation, toddlers
Posted on April 11, 2020
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I told a friend “Today was tough Tough as old boots Tough like old leather Tough like the steak I sent back And worried about the chef spitting on Tough like the conversation I had to have With a toxic person Another toxic person… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 4: Tough Like Old Leather”
Category: health, mental health, poetry, Politics, UncategorizedTags: Coronavirus, covid-19, friendship, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2020, isolation, kids, lockdown, love, mental health, napowrimo, NaPoWriMo 2020, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, politics
Posted on March 30, 2020
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Today wasn’t quite as I expected it to be. I thought we’d all get up early, get breakfast, burn some calories with Joe Wicks then settle down to some Purple Mash or fractions and be done by early afternoon. Instead, everyone slept in. However,… Continue Reading “Home Schooling Hope”
Category: childhood, education, parenting, society, UncategorizedTags: children, Coronavirus, covid-19, education, fractions, home education, home schooling, kids, lockdown, music, parenting, purple mash, self-isolation, social distancing
Posted on September 18, 2019
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I need to take inspiration From the one year old She is a joy storm Crashing delight Like waves against My sinking ship Lightning smiles Hurricane howling laughter My stress My tears My depression Feel worthless In the sight Of her happiness I want… Continue Reading “Intermittent Cloud, Some Showers”
Category: poetryTags: anxiety, babies, childhood, children, Depression, kids, mental health, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, poets, wednesday, Wednesday motivation, Wednesday wisdom, writing
Posted on April 30, 2019
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Don’t be late Tie your shoes Shut the gate Please don’t lose Keys again It’s the end Help your mum Help your friend Shut your mouth Now speak up Louder please Fill your cup Homework done? Pens in pot Eat that dinner While it’s… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 21: Angry”
Category: childhood, parenting, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: childhood, GloPoWriMo 2019, napowrimo, napowrimo 2019, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, rhyme, writing
Posted on April 29, 2019
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I never realised How other people see you So kind So warm So thoughtful I need to slip Behind their eyes And look at you Afresh.
Category: parenting, poetry, writingTags: childhood, children, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2019, monday, napowrimo, napowrimo 2019, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, writing
Posted on April 23, 2019
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Soft cuddle Sleepy baby Nuzzling into my shoulder A vast improvement On the head butts of earlier The pinch punch grab Of curiosity Without limits I wouldn’t change it Each bruise a medal From my 17 month old But this nuzzling Snuffling Shuffling cuddle… Continue Reading “NaPoWriMo Day 12: Baby Cuddles”
Category: childhood, parenting, poetry, Uncategorized, writingTags: babies, childhood, cuddles, cuddling, GloPoWriMo, GloPoWriMo 2019, kids, napowrimo, napowrimo 2019, parenting, poem, poems, Poet, poetry, writing