Where have all the Sarahs gone?
I was in Sainsbury’s the other day and a woman walked towards me. She had the same kind of hair as me – frizzy –…
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My university days
I saw a post on Instagram recently by my friend Helen aka Actually Mummy about university and it struck a huge chord. University days are the…
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Safe space blogging: The hair removal issue
Sometimes parenting teenagers isn’t about the big stuff. Sometimes as parents we don’t know the answers to the small questions either. This week’s Safe space…
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Spice Up Your Life (Spice World tour)
I was lucky enough to go and see Spice Girls on their Spice World tour in Coventry this week. I loved the Spice Girls back…
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‘When’s my rugby tour?’
Next summer, just after his GCSEs, my younger son is going on a rugby tour with school. The rugby tour will be a brilliant, life-changing…
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Christmas Eve – do we have any traditions at all?
Going back to when the kids were younger, we had a traditional Christmas Eve. We would go on the steam train to see Father Christmas…
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Helping my son become an adult
My eldest turned 17 a few weeks ago. It’s quite a scary milestone. In just a year’s time, he will have finished his A Levels…
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Happy birthday, 17 year old boy!
Seventeen years ago, a tiny baby boy popped into the world (‘popped’ after a very long labour). He was my first baby and suddenly I…
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Leaving my son home alone
I wrote very recently about wondering when is the right time to give my 16 year old son more freedom. He’s coming to the end…
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Teenagers – when is the right time to let go?
My 16 year old son is pretty well behaved. He doesn’t skip school, he doesn’t go out without us knowing where he is and he…
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Why do I care if other people spoil their children?
The other day I had a nasty comment on my old Christmas Eve boxes post (the comment has been deleted and the commenter has been…
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First week of panto rehearsals: All change
When I think of the panto, I think of my hours spent hanging around the cafe at the rehearsal venue. I see it through rose…
