Yesterday my eldest son Angus turned five. For some reason this birthday has hit me in a way that his others haven’t. It feels significant, a marker in the sand. I can feel him moving further away from me and yet at the same time, pulling closer. I want to savour every moment with him…… Continue reading Now We Are Five – what I’ve learnt since becoming a Mum.

As a child of the ’70s my first experience of the internet wasn’t until 1998 – my third year of university. My flatmates and I had ventured to the computer room – a mythical space full of green screened monstrosities and people way more intelligent than us – to email our landlords in Canada begging them to let…… Continue reading Digital detox -why I decided to ditch Facebook

Motherhood is tough. Yes it’s a gift, it’s incredible, transcendental even but it’s also really bloody hard sometimes. This time last year I was struggling to keep my head above water. I had three children under four and every day felt like Groundhog Day. I didn’t feel I was doing anything particularly well as a…… Continue reading How I learnt to drop the judgement