This art made me feel, not just a happy or sad kind of reaction but in a deeply connected way that I have only ever experienced once before.
Tag: Adenomyosis
An unconventional path – as featured on BHND.com
The roadmap to parenthood is different for everyone but I am pretty sure most women would assume things happen in the natural way for them regardless of relationship status. But for many women the natural way is no longer an option when you have a disease that affects fertility. For me that disease was twofold, one was Endometriosis and the other Adenomyosis.
Video journey through surgery for Endometriosis and Adenomyosis
Video diary of major surgery for Endometriosis and Adenomyosis
Why we shouldn’t underestimate our children’s resilience
Today was a bad day, one of those days that creeps up and hits you and everything sucks. Everything is harder than it should be and emotionally I was tapped out. I braved school pick up and tried to keep my composure until are friend asked if I was ok, I wasn’t. I burst into …
Continue reading Why we shouldn’t underestimate our children’s resilience
We are enough
Once you become a parent you always put someone else’s needs above your own, it’s hardwired into us to become caregivers and put the needs and wellbeing of our children ahead of our own. It’s exactly how it should be.
An open letter to my friends
I am sorry that my illness has impacted some of the most treasured things I have, my friendships.
How to be content
As I sat perched on my bunk bed in our newly renovated caravan taking time to do the simplest of pleasures, reading, I felt a stirring I hadn’t not felt in some time. Contentment.
Mummy Guilt
Why is it so hard for mums to give ourselves permission to take time off? We put everyone else ahead of ourselves and when we do stop and do something for ourselves we feel guilty for it.
I’m the mum who rocks up with wet hair
I am the mum who rocks up to a kid’s party with damp hair. Yep that’s me, the mum who hates being late but somehow in getting everyone else sorted I never have enough time to make sure I am ready. Well that and the fact I barely have enough spoons to make it to a kid’s party let alone blow dry my hair and look like one of those television mums with perfect hair and makeup.
