Tug of War

There’s a tug of war going on inside of me.  I wonder why I write.  I wonder who’s reading what I write.  I wonder why I don’t get the comments [...]

If I Had a Million Dollars

My blogging friend, Josie, has given us a Writing Workshop prompt which challenged us to take ourselves on a £1000 shopping spree.  As this is my blog and I’m ever [...]

Slummy Mummy

Where Did I Go?
Dark brown, straight hair with a smattering of grey hiding in the threads
Eyes that have a constant down turn and newly acquired pillows underneath
Skin that seems to [...]

Serendipity

Serendipity is defined (by Wikipedia) as the effect by which one accidentally stumbles upon something fortunate, especially while looking for something entirely unrelated. There’s a slightly cheesy sweet movie of [...]

Inside my Head

Inside my head I am many things…wife, mother, friend, writer, me.

Wife…Inside my head I wonder, am I supportive enough, do I show him enough affection, does he really know how [...]

Cake Baking Disaster

When Little Miss’ 1st birthday was approaching, I began to have grand dreams about her birthday cake.  What I ended up with was a cake baking disaster!
You see, I am [...]

Missing

When people find out that I am American, after the obligatory “Oh, really, where are you from?”, inevitably I get asked what I miss about the US.  And in support [...]

Ranting about Primark and Others

As Christmas is approaching and I’m trying to be good. I just need to get out a few rants and then I’ll be ready to be good!  Josie at Sleep [...]

Dear Me

A Writing Workshop Prompt for this week:  Write a letter to your 16 year old self!  Well, I’m going to take poetic license and just write it to myself and [...]

Blowing Sunshine

Yet another inspirational writing prompt from Josie at Sleep is for the Weak has led me to recall the best piece of advice I could remember.  Apparently I was the [...]