A lifestyle blog
As we approach the end of another incredible year, I look back on the highs and lows, the love and loss, the successes and failures and remind myself how blessed I am to be in this world with the people I love, taking one day at a time. 2024 was the year I was 50 …
Dear Frankie. The reason I leave love notes in your lunch box is because, I’m not always there to hug and squeeze you in person and I miss you when you’re at school. The reason I let you come in my bed sometimes with ten teddies and a plastic doll that digs me in my …
Dear Frankie, Love is reminding you to empty the dishwasher and put away the plates. Love is asking you to re think wearing a t shirt in winter and sending you back in the house to get your coat. Love is encouraging you to eat more fruit and vegetables. Love is teaching you the importance …
Dear Frankie, Your safety and well being are two of my main priorities and I believe it’s my responsibility to try my very best to prioritise these for you and any other children who come into my care. As a 50 year old woman, I would feel a lot safer in this world if people …
There is something about watching young children sing their hearts out whilst wearing wonky halos and striped tea towels on their heads, that draws that lump to the back of my throat each year. There will always be that one child that misses their cue, forgets their lines or projects their voice louder than everyone …
Dear Frankie, Nothing you’ve ever done is naughty. Let me repeat that. Nothing you’ve ever done is naughty. The reason I know this is because I know for a fact that children aren’t naughty. How do I know this as fact? The answer is because all children are born innocent. I’ve always been interested in …
‘Dear Daniel.’ I need your help!!!! Look what’s happening!!! Lots of protective and concerned parents like yourself feel the same way. They are advising their children that standing up for themselves means becoming violent too. My little girl was strangled by a child in her class and do you know how I taught her to …
Dear Frankie, Can we talk about LGBTQ? Lesbian, Gay, Bi Sexual, Trans, Queer humans, animals and plants. It’s actually better to talk ‘with’ homosexual and transgender people, animals and plants, as you will gain a much broader understanding of what these group of letters may mean to different people. Any in depth discussion or casual …
When I told my Mum I was dating a woman, the first words out of her mouth were… ‘Ooh look, B&M’s have got a discount on flapjacks.’ We were in the van driving somewhere for the day when this revelation took hold of her. We discussed this breakthrough discount for a few moments before back …
Dear Frankie, Can we talk about boys? Did you know that crushes may occur at any time during your childhood, but they generally start at around 10-13 years of age. These feelings are completely natural and they are nothing to feel worried or embarrassed about. A crush also known as ‘puppy love’ is an informal term for …