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My favourite finds this month (opens the original)
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Hello, almost October!I know I’ve been away from here for a while, and I never shared my August favourites. But I was chatting with a friend, and we agreed that September lasted about a week - did you feel that too? Between the return to school, which always comes with endless logistics (meetings, uniforms, stationery, everyone (re)adjusting to the routine), and organising two retreats that are coming up, I blinked and the month was over. So this time it’s a bit of everything: some things I watc
This Is Not an Emergency (opens the original)
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I came back from our summer holidays a couple of weeks ago.And, as it often happens when we come home after being away for a while, there was a lot waiting for me. Suitcases to unpack. Clothes to wash. A house to put back together. An empty fridge to refill. Emails waiting for replies. Work that had piled up while I was away. School starting soon, and all the small things that come with getting two children ready for a new year.And then I discovered that our fridge had switched off while we were
My favourite finds this month (opens the original)
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We’re halfway through the long, endless summer holidays here in Portugal, and if you’ve been following along, you’ll already know I wrote about the mixed feelings the school break brings, inspired by that episode of Dr Becky’s podcast, and I also shared my summer reading list a few weeks ago.Some of the books I’m mentioning today are already on that list, but I wanted to bring them back prop
Never say yes when your heart says no (opens the original)
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A few days ago, I was lying on the beach while my daughter played beside me. Another little girl came over, tapped me, and asked if she could join her. I smiled and said, “You’ll have to ask her.”When I looked at my daughter, I could tell straight away she wasn’t really in the mood to play. She hesitated, glanced at me, then back at the girl, and said, “Yes, sure.” They played together for a few minutes, and then the girl’s mum called her away.Later, I asked:“Did you actually want to play with h
Five shows every mother should watch (opens the original)
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A friend asked me the other day if I knew any good series about motherhood. I started listing them and couldn’t stop, so I thought I’d bring them here too.Some are funny, some are heavy, one will make you cry more than once. But these are the five I’d actually tell a friend to watch, because all of them got something right about motherhood that felt real to me.This Is UsEven though this one isn’t specifically about motherhood, I couldn’t leave it out.Through Rebecca, the mother of the three main
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