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Category: Melancholy

Dealing with Alcohol Dependency

September 26, 2016August 19, 2019Leave a comment

Dependency isn’t a lack of light. It isn’t darkness itself. It is the opposite. It is the sun.

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Bowie for Boys: Advice for Little Starmen everywhere

January 11, 2016August 19, 20199 Comments

The 7 year old was stunned. The 5 year old was visibly upset. The 4 year old burst into a rousing rendition of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star when they heard that their hero the Starman had died. Here are a few things that Bowie can teach my boys: Continue reading →

Being a parent. What I’ve Learned So Far

December 17, 2015August 19, 20194 Comments

From birth to Year R, here’s what I wish I’d known.
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I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing with my life. A poem

December 12, 2015August 19, 20194 Comments

A poem where the title says it all.

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Steam Cleaned Dreams: A poem inspired by the exciting recent purchase of a 2 in 1 steam cleaner.

September 18, 2015August 19, 20192 Comments

A poem that really is about buying a 2 in 1 steam cleaner

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4am thoughts on the little boy’s birthday

August 28, 2015August 19, 20191 Comment

It’s not sugar crafting and gift wrapping that woke me up with that anxiety that creeps in if you wake between 3 and 5. It’s something else.

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We’re Not Bored Son, We’re Buffering

June 2, 2015August 19, 20196 Comments

It’s not just the tech that is buffering around here.

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Bubbles: A poem to lift my mood.

February 3, 2015August 19, 20194 Comments

It can’t be all bad, can it?

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How Can I Be Charlie?

January 20, 2015August 19, 20197 Comments

I don’t want to be scared. I want to be Charlie.

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Happy Christmas Nanna

December 22, 2014August 19, 20193 Comments

Hi Nanna

How are you?

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Inner-toddlers, an expert, and my three brains

October 21, 2014August 20, 20192 Comments

I know someone who knows brains and thoughts and sleepless nights. Given I have been having the most unhelpful thoughts that sometimes prevent me from sleeping, I gave him a call.

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writing, rhyming, listening, thinking, not cleaning.

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