: About Me

I live in Brighton, Melbourne Australia.

My hobbies include reading, writing and cooking. I am currently finishing a children's writing course.

My previous positions have included sales and marketing assistant, divisional co-ordinator and event organiser. At present I am a stay at home mum to a 4 year old boy and 16 month old girl.

My passion is ...

My family, reading, writing, cooking

I know too much about ...

Sleepless nights

My parents always told me ...

Treat others the way you would like to be treated

My childhood ambition ...

To be a dancer

My favorite memory ...

My husband asking me to marry him

Why I write ...

To release my imagination

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

Reading - The Slap

My first job ...

Xmas gift wrap bar

My best moment ...

Have had too many

My inspiration ...

My husband, my children and other family and friends, my experiences as a whole

Parenting & Pregnancy > Problems Parents Face The stay-at-home mom's guide to staying sane

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The term "stay at home mum" conjures up many images, mum with the apron on baking cookies, the mum sipping coffee without a care in the world, or the mum sitting down and reading to her children before bed. These can be indicative of what life is like for stay at home mums, but there is another side that is much less glamorous, the loss of ones sense of self and the loneliness. Recently I had a conversation with a girlfriend whose second child is 3 months old, and who is struggling with staying at home. She was quizzed on what her interests were, apart from being a mum, she could not think...

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