Tag: life

Embracing Life and Building Community in the Face of Loss

Life has a way of challenging us in ways we never expect. Over the past 18 or so months, I’ve been navigating one of the most difficult periods of my life as my mother battled the horrific disease that is cancer. The trips back and forth to Sweden, the constant worry, and finally, the heart-wrenching…

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To Alfie and Leo

Put some words together for my boys. Wanted to share. Wrote it at bedtime one night. Hope you’ll like it!

Tantrums and cuddles

Having two boys is wonderful and equally challenging. A little blurb on how we’re getting on at the moment.

How are we feeling, really?

This won’t be a post about any parenting hacks or about how fed up I am about tantrums (which of course I’m fed up about, but that’s another story for another time).
But I hope you’ll bear with me as I had to get these thoughts out of my head.

Helpful bits and bobs

This time around I’m feeling far more relaxed and also I realised before Leo came that I wanted a few things I didn’t have with Alfie. So I thought I’d do a little tiny list of things I’m doing differently this time that has really helped me being more relaxed and chilled.

Werk werk werk

My thoughts on my upcoming maternity leave, my fortunate situation with work and also noting the differences between Sweden and the UK when it comes to paternity leave.