A lifestyle blog
As I slurped my tea and crunched my frangipane I pointed out another self revelation to my patient Mother. ‘Lesbians can’t just go to the hairdressers and have a trim.’ I revealed. ‘How do you mean love?’ ‘Our hair goes on a journey of self discovery all on it’s own. It has to fight for …
Dear Frankie, I’d like to raise a toast to you, well not just a slice of toast, some muffins, pittas and pancakes too. I’d like to salute you with a baguette and a tiger loaf. You are probably wondering where I’m going with this but stay with me, it’s worth me noting down this observation …
Dear Frankie, Before things take off to a stratospheric level, I wanted to write to you and say a huge ‘Thank You.’ Thank you for your constant belief in me and my abilities to navigate us through my very unusual Life Style Business. I hope it teaches you valuable lessons as I know you are …
Dear Frankie, I’ve been a mother to a teenager now for just over 2 weeks and I’m loving it. I know it’s early days and I have a lot more to learn from you but I just wanted to say thanks for the ride. I’m sure the next 7 years is going to be an …
Happy Birthday Mum! Look at your little face, you’d only had 3 birthdays up until then. I assume you are here at nursery with your mates. It’s not your birthday in the photo or indeed your party but I’m winging my imagination to try and recreate one. Look at you all playing outside, where …
Dear Frankie, I’m not your friend. I don’t want to collect LOL dolls and I don’t want to wear an Elsa dress when I watch Frozen 2 at the cinema. I want to wear my comfy jeans and a jumper, preferably without a bra. I don’t want to drink Fruit Shoots, Capri Sun’s and Apple …
Hi Mum, It’s Sunday, I’m sitting here typing to you with my right thumb. Who would have thought it? I’m balancing a tiny computer called an iPhone, in my left hand and tapping away at a flat screen with letters of the alphabet in my interchangeable choice of font. Do you remember when we …
The Pod Trail to date, has taken me on the biggest adventure and taught me so many valuable life lessons. I’ve grown as a person in many different ways because of it and I believe this is because I’ve experienced some of the toughest times in my life too. It’s brought about so much …
Dear Frankie, Can we talk about Adoption? This topic plays a big part in both our lives, me being an adoptive mother and you being an adopted daughter, there can’t be one of us without the other and that’s what connects our life stories, that’s what makes our relationship extra special I think. Adopting a …
Dear Frankie, Asking you to make your bed is not an unusual request. I would say most parents expect their teenagers to fluff their own pillows and shake their crumpled duvet back into shape but when I asked you to make your own bed from scratch when you were 10 years old, well, …