It’s Time. It’s time for kids to go back to school. It’s time for my husband to go back to work. It’s time for me to start something for me. It’s time for Groundhog Day to end. It’s time. It’s really, really TIME. *exasperated mother voice* I wrote about my husband being unemployed in my … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Family
We Need To Talk about…Unemployment.
An area of professional sports in Europe (specifically mid-level, semi-pro team sports like volleyball, handball, basketball, rugby, etc) that isn’t talked about much, if at all, is unemployment. Now, you might think that’s a bit of a strange subject for a wealthy volleyball WAG to discuss, (please read my sarcasm here, “wealthy volleyball” is an … Continue reading
Anxious much?
Anxiety is such a huge part of my life at the moment, for a few reasons, one of which is my daughter who is experiencing extreme anxiety, mainly due to school issues but it has started to bleed into her life outside school, she’s 8, and for me it’s becoming more and more difficult to … Continue reading
One Word
What’s one word people would use to describe you? Kind, loving, ambitious, honest, funny? How the world sees you and how you see yourself is important; how we interact with our world has an effect on our mental health and well-being, especially in young people. We are social beings and as so respond to people … Continue reading
Loss.
As summer approaches (ok, I’m slightly premature but it’s sunny!) the same thing always pops into my head, it’s another year since that day….I’ve tried to write about this subject so many times in the past but haven’t had the courage or strength to yet. I still don’t, but I’m going to try. “There is … Continue reading
Parenting. Eye. Roll.
What a total parenting wanker! So yesterday’s post came across a bit preachy eh? Dear god that was not my intention – I could feel the eyes rolling from all the way over here! Haha. Whilst I don’t take back anything I said, let me just clear the air, it smells a bit like judgey … Continue reading
Life Lessons in Sport
As parents there are a million and one things we need to do so we create well rounded, happy and healthy kids who will contribute to our society in a positive way as adults. Right? Self confidence, self respect, kindness, compassion, manners, cleanliness, healthy body image, a good work ethic… the list goes on and … Continue reading
What I know at 37.
On the back of yesterday’s post “What I don’t know at 37.” I had to follow it up with a post for balance, innit, so without getting too deep and philosophical, (because who needs that going into the weekend?) I’ve found, for now, a handful of monotonous tasks I can do that as a spritely … Continue reading
The Honesty Revolution
So, believe it or not, life isn’t always what you see on social media, shock horror, right? I’m saying this right now along with hundreds of other mamas that I follow on Instagram. There seems to be some sort of honesty revolution amongst social media users at the moment and it’s a breath of fresh … Continue reading
Mother of the Year
Mother of the Year is an actual award given each year in the UK to a celebrity mum for her ability to balance work and mothering. Last years winner was Giovanni Fletcher, now I don’t know this mama personally, I don’t even really know her as a celebrity, and whilst I’m sure she is a … Continue reading