Day 61 - And she was up
It was 3am this morning, when Miss E decided she wanted to get up for the day. Well, that she wanted to wriggle for about an hour then go...
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Day 60 - Setting slow intentions
My intention today is to not give myself deadlines or places to be at a certain time 🤍🤍🤍. What’s your intention? Feeling the need for...
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Day 59 continued - All the things I can do now on the loo...
It’s a common occurrence now to be breastfeeding whilst on the loo. Or at the very least talking to a toddler. Or both lol. I don’t...
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Day 59 - What I am bringing with my in my Mothering journey
I have been gradually moving through the prompts that called to me in this beautiful Fourth Trimester Journal by @kimberly.ann.johnson...
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Day 58 continued - In the moment
My thing has always been to get lost in regrets of the past and stress about what is about to happen in the future. I would regularly...
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Day 58 - I'm going to get out of your way
Two months of watching myself grow and expand as you have. It feels like a blink of an eye, and yet it also feels like a lifetime. I can...
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Day 57 Continued - Measurements shift
‘Such a great time to catch-up on household tasks when newborns sleep hey?’ So no. I’m going to sit down. Especially if my toddler is...
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Day 57 - Taking the time when I can to rest
Rest is eluding me a bit over the last few days. This week is feeling incredibly 💫 heavy 💫. Playground meltdowns. Being in the process...
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Day 56 continued - Oh the things I would love to do alone...
Yes that would be nice thanks! The other day I had Miss E on the boob and Mr F trying to wash his hands right next to me whilst also...
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Day 56 - Saying no to expectations
Saying a big fat no to the Perfect Mother Myth since April 2019 (well I played in it for a while before I realised it was a sh!tty game,...
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Day 55 - No opportunity to take a breath
Feeling 💫 overwhelmed 💫. Most mornings I am up before the household. I journal. I create. I watch something funny on Netflix. I fill my...
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Day 54 - Saying goodbye
Feeling 💫 sadness 💫. This morning I finished the last two pages in what has become a possession very very dear to me, ‘My Fourth...
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Day 53 - My matriarch's
What should I ask her? My Mumma, Val, has some health problems at the moment. We have seen her health decline rapidly over the last 18...
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Day 52 continued - And just like that, the Untethered Unicorn was born
I can see the difference. In the maiden who had taken her big toe, and dipped it into the small ripples of waves of motherhood that...
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Day 52 - My little adventure buddy
I want you to stay little. And yet I absolutely don’t. I look into your little eyes, still deciding on what colour they will be, and I...
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Day 51 continued - Falling more deeply in love with me
I have noticed something incredibly interesting. As I get further and further into my 90 Emotional Days I am falling more deeply 💫 in...
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Day 51 - A new project is born. It's about her
The idea found me! In her book Big Magic, Liz Gilbert talks about ideas finding people who they think can bring them into the world and...
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Day 50 continued - Caring for me
Why did I get a postpartum doula? Because Mamas need love and care and touch just like newborns do. I did it for me. No shame or guilt....
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Day 50 - What was stolen
Waking up this morning feeling 💫 grief 💫 at the joy that had been stolen from me over a lifetime of manufactured shame about every...
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Day 49 continued - Threw washing around, and I loved it
So I needed to move some stuff through my body this afternoon. Miss E was asleep and Mr F was with his Narnie. I decided playing with the...
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