: About Me

I passionate about writing and reading fiction. I also enjoy observing and commenting on life in general and the foibles of all the people around me, and myself of course. I live with my husband and two sons and our springer spaniel, who I try to take for a run every morning to give me a bit of thinking time. I count myself as a feminist and spend some of my time supporting mums with new babies and advocating breastfeeding.

My passion is ...

food.

I know too much about ...

things which aren't useful

My parents always told me ...

to be good

My childhood ambition ...

to be a show jumper

My favorite memory ...

being on the beach

Why I write ...

to make sense of thing, because I enjoy it

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

What Mother's Do and Rise and Shine

My first job ...

making tea for old ladies

My inspiration ...

is everything around me.

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Tips Importance of support and encouragement

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The importance of support and encouragement. I grew up in a family of four girls. Most of the time it was just Mum looking after us, as Dad was away with the Navy. When I was twelve my father decided to leave the family. This left Mum to juggle four teenage girls with getting a degree and her teaching qualification, and coping with everything life can through at a single parent whose has four unruly and broken hearted girls to deal with. In our house there were a lot of raised voices, and we lurched from one crisis to the next with hardly a break in between, often leaving broken windows, c...

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