Our Son

Our son, Oskar James, was born late last Friday 19th February, at home in the birthing pool, after a long day of labour. After a whole pregnancy of having no intuition whether this baby would be a boy or a girl, I realised part way through the afternoon that I’d been thinking of it as…

The Intimacy of Unknowing

I am really terrible at keeping secrets. You can tell within seconds if I have something to hide by the look on my face. If it’s a good surprise, I will probably tell you within hours of planning it for you, because I am just too excited. My husband, however, is brilliant at it. His…

right now. (January 2016)

We saw in the New Year on the Danish island of Bornholm where Rasmus grew up. I say “we”. I think I made it to 10pm before heading up to join Kaya in the land of sleep. Third trimester travel with a toddler was surprisingly much easier than I had expected and it was so…

What is this season for?

One of my daughter’s first words is “moon.” She points it out in her storybooks and is really excited if she spots it in the sky. I love that she notices. I love that, because of her, I get to watch the waxing and waning of that beautiful silver globe through the month, see it begin…

The Many Levels of “Settling In”

I get asked the question, “have you settled in?” a lot, and trying to answer it has caused me to realise there are multiple levels of settling, like some old style super mario computer game. So just for fun, I tried to figure out what level I have made it to…   Level One: You unpack…

The beautiful growth of pregnancy

I’m officially one month out from my due date. When I try and remember back to the day we found out, it feels like years ago. We were living in a different flat in a different city in a different country. Our little girl had only just turned one. It was entirely unexpected. I appreciate the length…