The excitement is building, the Christmas concerts and nativities are almost over, the shopping and wrapping are in full swing and people are finalising plans for the big day. Have your little ones been naughty or nice? Are they likely to be on the good list this year, or are they hanging out on the […]
These days we take so many photos of our children and have them all digitally, it is so easy to share them on social media, but there isn’t the printing off of actual photos or physical albums as I remember as a child. In terms of preserving the memories I do think that we are […]
Do certain scents and smells remind you of things, places, moments, even special people in your life? Scents can be really powerful I think in transporting us back to a moment or reminding us of someone or something. Old Spice reminds me of one of my grandfathers; the iconic Channel No. 5 reminds me of […]
The more I hear about the difficulties some women have conceiving, the more I hear about problems in pregnancy and the more I hear about those births that tragically don’t result in a healthy baby and mother at the end, the more I think that to have a healthy baby, never mind four healthy babies […]
One of my greatest fears as I navigate this parenting journey is that I will forget how I felt in a particular moment, or worse, forget the moment all together. How do you hold onto those? How do you ensure that those moments are preserved? I try to keep record books of achievements but those […]
What are your earliest memories as a child? I always struggle with this one as I think it can be hard to work out what you remember and what you remember being told sometimes. I used to think that one of my earliest memories was stepping out of my parents’ camper bus and into a […]
So you’ve booked your family skiing holiday and you are now starting to think about what kit you need. When it comes to a ski jacket you can pay anything from £25 up to £250 or more if you go for something designer. It can be true that you get what you pay for but […]
Do you have a hero or heroine in life, dead or alive? I’m not talking about celebrities or famous icons. If I was, I’d be telling you that I always wanted to be wonder woman. I’m talking more about the people who have been part of our lives in some way and who have left […]