Actually, it's been 13 Months! I wish I had written a post before Max’s first birthday to celebrate this tiny child’s one year of sun rotation. But, you know, work work work work work work . I had a little writer's block early in the year and then took on two consulting projects, which made life a little more busy! I think with my writers block I started to get concerned about what I was saying. Was it insightful enough? Useful to other parents or wannabe parents. Today, I’m writing on this inspiration of this book, Born in Lockdown from Mothership Writers in the UK. I read an article about it on the BBC and was so intrigued. The website says the aim of the project was to “encourage writing for pleasure and purpose: to find, amidst the clamour, the space to hear one’s own voice.” That’s why I write! For pleasure and purpose. To share my voice. One of the things that often impedes my ability to finish a blog post is the feeling I have that it should be long and full of informat...
If parenting was an emoji the expectation would be love eyes, but the reality is more like the scream face! On this blog, I explore the hearts and the screams. Stories about my parenting journey, with a splash of humor and a lot of reality.