Life & Leisure
This is the collection of all the other stories I wanted to share, covering family, love and loss and many things in-between!
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5 reasons why I’ll never be a fashion blogger…
I’ve been blogging for 3 years about lots of things – but not fashion. Recently however I started following a couple of fashion blogs for tall women that I came across, and there was a glamorous appeal to joining this world where one gets to attend fashion shows and waft…
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The great childcare debate
After over 17 years, 3 children, and many thousands of pounds spent, I am now childcare free. When I say free, I mean free of a regular contract, thus marking a shift in my working pattern from office based to full-time home based. We’ll talk more about that later. For…
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The ‘Get-It-Done’ Mum
In an effort to use my ‘dead’ driving time more effectively, I have recently embraced the pod-cast for my journeys to and from work. One of my favourite pod-casts is the ‘Get-It-Done Guy’ whose catchphrase is ‘work less, do more, and have a great life’. After a week of having…
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On death and dying
When you know someone you love is going to die it’s a strange thing. When you spend time with them they seem just the same, aside from their illness. You have to try and put it out of your mind, when you’re with them, that they won’t be with you…
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Letter to my Dad
My Dad, Alan Carter, passed away Christmas Day 2015, aged 69. He had been diagnosed with mesothelioma (cancer caused by asbestos exposure) earlier this year. This is the letter I gave to him a couple of weeks before his death.
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