Author: CaroleHeidi

I'm a 30-something mum of two Not-So-Small humans, a cat, & a rottweiler. I read a lot, write a bit, eat too much cake and have dubious taste in music. I'm a Leader in Squirrel & Cub Scouts, and if I'm not at home, I'm probably at the Scout Hut. My hair is usually some shade of blue...
Depression · Family · Life · PND · Pregnancy

Failure. And how I stopped being one.

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Supposing you have tried and failed again and again.  You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.  ~Mary Pickford Sometimes you read a quotation and think 'pretentious rubbish' and sometimes you read one and think 'that's it! Perfect.'… Continue reading Failure. And how I stopped being one.

Lessons In Life · Life · London Olympics

Living In History

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As this post publishes I will be somewhere in London in the middle of my very last Games Maker 2012 shift. I posted here about my Olympics experience and when I get home and organised I will post about my day at the Paralympics too. Just for now though, on this final day, I wanted… Continue reading Living In History

Life · Toddler

A Boy And His Bear

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There is no denying that Arthur is growing up fast - walking, talking, throwing tantrums, being naughty, eating his way through everything I have (edible or not) and sticking anything that fits up his nose (disgusting child that he is). His love for his special bear, Hubble, who was a Christening present from two of… Continue reading A Boy And His Bear

Adult Fiction · Erotica · Just For Fun · Writing · Writing Workshop

The Music Box

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I present to you here a piece I wrote for my homework for the Writer's Club Liberty, Ivy and I have recently joined. I was given three things to work into a piece of writing in any style I desired - a long-held secret, a secluded country hotel and a music box. This is what… Continue reading The Music Box

Books · What Are You Reading?

September Reading List

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Following on from the great Summer Flop my September list is effectively all the books I didn't finish: You Against Me by Jenny Downham The Diary Of An Ordinary Woman by Margaret Forster Checkmate by Malorie Blackman And my 'if by some miracle I finish all of those' book is It Sucked And Then I… Continue reading September Reading List