Month: August 2016

I feel guilt. I feel guilt. I feel like I could do better. I feel like I am a failure as a mum. I know its not just me. I used to even say that ‘guilt started upon conception’. (Yes I drank a whole bottle of wine the night before I found out I was…
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I have been flat out. Super busy. Head down, bum up. Pushing, pushing, doing, doing and doing some more. Come up for air? Who the feck has time for that? No time. No time. I feel like the rabbit in Alice in Wonderland. Keep going. Just a bit more. The pressure only builds as the…
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Hearing the alarm and rolling over with a sigh. That slow recognition that its morning and I feel like I didn’t sleep at all. I can hear the familiar sounds of the house and the birds starting to sing. I feel that heavy body feeling and I sink deeper into my blankets. This aches. That…
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I didn’t want to write anything today. I procrastinated about finding the charger on the laptop and wondering if I needed another cuppa before I was ‘ready’. I looked for distractions like clearing the kitchen, washing the towels and even contemplating attacking the cluttered garage (knowing that I wouldn’t return for probably days). I checked…
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#selfishisthenewblack   Definition of selfish:   1. devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one’s own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others. 2. characterised by or manifesting concern or care only for oneself: selfish motives.   Hearing the word itself – what do you feel?   Guilt, negativity, sadness? What else?…
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