When you look down, you see all the small things. And there’s captivating beauty in the minutia. There’s comfort, too, in that feeling of being so much bigger than everything underneath your feet. You’re walking along the beach when some…
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Is it time you wrote a new life story?
We all write our own life stories. We use stories to explain why we did things a certain way and to make sense of how we ended up living where we do, working at the job we’ve got, or falling…
Escape to Bristol – a weekend away by myself
I spent last weekend in Bristol by myself after weeks fantasizing about my escape. Escape from what? I’m not sure – Family life? Motherhood? Midlife? Myself? Probably all of those things. I turn 42 this weekend and it can’t be…
What does midlife look like for a woman?
Downtown harks backHalfway through this lifeI used to feel freeOr was it just a dream?(Sharon Van Etten, Seventeen) I’ve heard this song before. But this morning I really heard the lyrics and they pinched me hard on the back of…
You’re a superhero, you’re a goddess, you’re a mother
It starts when the alarm goes off – or sooner if you have an early riser in your brood. You haven’t had that first hit of coffee before one of them is crawling into bed beside you, freezing small feet…
My life in books: stories about the stories
I’ve been following a gratitude practice created by the lovely Sarah Raad at Simple Happy Life everyday for over two weeks now. Every morning I receive a prompt from Sarah to write down ten things I’m grateful for on…
