HeyJaredSiân Kelly
Giving myself permission to exist inside motherhood by writing about the joys and grief of a 26 year old mother to two
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I write (opens the original)
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Its a winter’s day here in Lutruwita, the mountain has been topped with snow this past week and the rest of us down here are left with its debris; icy air and wind. There has been a lot of writing in my weeks, and a lot of sleepless nights, so therefore a lot of coffee. I had the morning to my self on Saturday and in-between naps and laughs I wrote some more. Trying to write before the house work, trying to create whilst he sleeps, trying to get it done in-between I love you’s and food on the ta
This season; bloody and tender (opens the original)
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What I really want to say when asked “how are you” (opens the original)
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I’m sitting in my bed after eating dinner at the dinner table. It’s 6:16pm and my son just woke up from an impromptu nap and I can hear my partner sticking to the boundaries we set with our eldest, after an afternoon from hell. I was scrolling substack and kept seeing posts about vulnerability and people just saying the thing so here I am, saying the thing. I always speak about vulnerability = connection yet I think I struggle to be truly vulnerable in this online space, and maybe some would arg
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