What is beauty? Beauty can be difficult to describe. Maybe there's a formula for the perfect face, but I suspect many are chasing an...

Having worked for the best part of twenty years I was totally unprepared for motherhood. Yes, I'd read all the pregnancy books. I knew...

Yesterday I made myself two slices of toast. Up popped the toaster. I ignored it, busying myself with being a mother. I waited until the t...

This week there is a Gallery/Writing Workshop mash up! The joint theme is emotions. As I spent some time analysing my emotions I realis...

Would you want to know if you had made someone feel unwelcome? I know I can be crass and insensitive at times. I frequently only open m...

I am looking at my right leg, my hand stroking upwards from ankle to knee in search of stubble. My index finger lingers on a scar just b...

I lost my temper today, all day. I used to be a pretty mellow person. I've never been volatile. When others flew off the handle at wo...

"Put your bags down" said Jackie.  I put my bags down against the youth club wall like this was a reasonable everyday request....

What brings you true happiness? For me, it is this: My little boys, Presley and Cash. If you, like me, are lucky enough to have child...

I know why babies cost so much. I do. I've worked out exactly why each child costs you £100,000 by the time they reach sweet sixteen.* ...

When did you leave us? Was it sometime in the night when you were struggling to breathe? Was it when the kindly GP gave you something t...

This post has been written as part of the Sleep is for the weak Writing Workshop . This week I chose prompt no.4 Write a story or a poem or...

Andy and I often joke about what our boys will be when they grow up. Our most popular fantasy is for Presley to be captain of the England ...

I’ll start with some good old British modesty and self-deprecation, then I’ll put it aside, just for today. I feel uncomfortable blowing ...

Reading through the prompts for this week's Writing Workshop , I started singing this in my head As I watched the video, filmed in S...