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My name is Jane and I am 35 years old. I am "Mummy" to a 2 year old girl and a 1 year old boy and a partner to a 39 year old geek called Jason. Our relatively new little family live on the shores of Lake Geneva ("Lac Leman") in a very beautiful part of Switzerland.

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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Missing someone: 1 of 184
Cold, empty, winter daysIn a house bought for twoShe silently, patiently waitsMarking time with her painImmaculate in his absenceShe makes a home for oneWhilst a smiling bride and groomWatch her pitifully from the wallIn pursuit of a life-long Antarctic dreamSummers with scientists beside icebergsHe pleadingly requests her bl... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Appreciating the little things in life: 1 of 154
We are in the middle of a scorching heatwave here on the shores of Lac Leman, and I am coming up to my 35th birthday. I have often found the onset of birthdays to be a time of reflection, assessment, consolidation and reconciliation. Except, perhaps, from 1980 until around 1986, when the majority of time on the lead up to my ... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenthood How motherhood changes a woman: 1 of 51
Some people are terrified of change and go to great lengths to escape it. There are also those who embrace it, deliberately shaking the foundations of their existence in order to alter the landscape in which they exist. Even to those people who thrive on new challenges and experiences, there is nothing on this earth that will... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Acceptance: 1 of 44
Awkward strangers choose to meetTwo lonely hearts at life's crossroadsHearts maimed from previous lovesWreckages of shattered confidenceThe wheels of conversation beginTurning slowly through lack of useSkills forgotten, now frantically soughtTo enliven the air with interestAlcohol loosens inhibitionsWords flow like sparkling ... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Rain: 1 of 35
"Dancing with Butterflies in Electric Rain" Lac Leman and the mountains surrounding its south-east shores, guarding the gateway into the once-glacial Rhone Valley, have for the last few days been shrouded in a forbidding blanket of thunder-cloud in hues of charcoal and indigo. This low, ominous "ceiling" has occasionally burs... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Under the harvest moon: 1 of 29
Rebecca's bedroom was devoid of mirrors. She was a typical tomboy, with no interest in her appearance, unless concerning choices over her footwear or which sweatshirt she might wear that day.Tonight was different. Her sister Tara had carefully removed the mirror from her own dressing table and brought it to Rebecca. They sat ... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The apple orchard: 2 of 49
"Alone"A single ant marches purposefullyAlong rivulets of mossLike external arteriesClinging to weathered bricksShe watches in stillness and silenceNo longer a slave to timeSimply no other place to beNowhere to feel neededHer place is here for eternityAn orchard of trees in SeptemberBearing their favourite fruitA reminder of ... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Thought of the day: 1 of 23
Today is grey, misty, damp and just a little bit depressing. Today, I have been awake since 3 am. Yesterday I did not go to bed until gone midnight.Today was never going to be great.My son is either teething or experiencing a growth spurt at the moment, and it is during such times that his regular selection of nicknames like ... More..
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: The teenage years & growing up: 2 of 42
Tonight I left. And this time it was for good.It didn't quite work out because I have already returned, "for good" ending up to mean only 45 minutes or so. The impulsively-packed bag is already stuffed away from view like an embarrassing relative. I must try harder next time.It all started with an innocent comment. But in a h... More..
Relationships & Family > Dealing with Problem People Should you cut off all contact with a person who repeatedly disrespects you?: 2 of 40
Respect is a word that is used all too frequently by many people who have little understanding of its true meaning. We turn on the TV and on a daily basis we are subjected to troubled souls floundering in desperate confrontations with others, screaming abuse at their "tormentors" because they believe themselves to be disresp... More..