It was coming up close to 9pm, I was upstairs, chatting to my eldest son about homework, the teenage years and I was on a flow. Like I was, in a rare moment, nailing parenting.  He was getting all the good shit – I was making a difference. Then a howl cut through the air,…

Many years ago I remember running my hands over my swollen stomach, feeling two babies bounce around with a vibrancy that I could only envy in my heavily pregnant state. I remember promising them as they lay inside the protectiveness of my womb that I would protect them always, love them furiously and never let…

Sometimes, its like living a life without rules, being the primary parent in failed family unit.  With no spouse to tell you no, you can eat cake at midnight with the kids.  Say yes to the pets they crave, that you know will fall to you to nuture, and in the main, do whatever you…

Today I have questioned my fitness. The last few weeks have been an orgy of carbs – and turns out, it is true.  Fill your engine with shite and your motor won’t go. I did a workout at the gym this morning, and my engine coughed, spluttered and then choked. It was an unpleasant sensation……

“Have you met a man yet?” The very question that makes any single woman’s eye roll. We know it is well-meaning, we know offense is not meant. But seriously, if I had found someone who made my heart set aflutter, you’d probably know about it. My answers range from “no, its been that long that…