Mother Distracted

Becoming a parent changes your life. There's no getting around that, and you're not going to be exactly the same person again. A lot...

Readers of this blog will know that I am hopeless when it comes to choosing birthday gifts for myself.  This is largely because, once you...

Firstly, that number.  It bears no relevance to me at all - at least in my mind it doesn't.  It is an age other people are at. And yet...

We all know how addictive crushing candy is but if you’re looking to, ahem, justify the doubtless hours of investment you’ve put into trying...

We love Halloween and this year it was made all the more special by seeing the burning of The Wicker Man at St. Fagins (National Museum of...

If there's one word lately that's guaranteed to make my hackles rise (and it doesn't take much, as you know), it's people us...

As a 50+ woman I am always on the look out for the Holy Grail of skincare products - in other words those that both offer effective protecti...

I have borrowed the idea for this blog post from the lovely Rhian Westbury at www.rhianwestbury.co.uk and I thought it would be relatively e...

I recently wrote about the challenges of caring for your elderly parents while they still live at home  and just recently this has become a...

I’m sure many parents will recognise that feeling when you’re on the brink of losing it. Junior has forgotten to tell you about their urgen...

Watching the people that brought you into the world age isn’t nice. It is even worse when you have to care for them, but they want to stay a...

There have been quite a few articles lately along the lines of " things not to say to a pregnant woman ". Your baby bump will ...

Moving your relative into a care home is never an easy decision to make. But sometimes it has to be done. Here are the considerations that ...

Why is it that I don't go out for months on end but, having found a babysitter, and finding myself actually free to leave the building,...