“I’m fantasising about just walking out the door and leaving them to fend for themselves.” My SOS text went out to my closest friends, the ones I knew would not take me literally and yet would know how completely overwhelmed and spent I felt. My phone was pinging back in minutes. Notes of empathy and…
Hi friends. While I’m off snuggling my new baby, I’ve dug into the archives for a few of my favourite posts to share again with you. You might have read them a long time ago, or they might be completely new to you. Either way, I hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane! This…
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…
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…
We talked about it from every angle, considered every possibility and scenario. My husband had been offered a job in London and our plans to move were fully underway. Now I needed to decide what I would do there. It had been hard to find work that was a good fit in Luxembourg. The last…
Rasmus started his new job today. And so today marked the start of a new season for us. The past year has been one of flexible schedules and fulltime parenting together and asking so many questions and leaning into the unknown. And now a part of that unknown is over. He has a job he’s…
