Depression · Life

Breaking Point


I suck at housework. Really suck. Clean I can do, tidy I cannot. I need this to change because it's majorly getting me down. Today I have decided I'm going to really, really try to sort things out. I have attacked the kitchen already - the floor needs washing but aside from that it is… Continue reading Breaking Point

Depression · Family · Life · PND · Pregnancy

Failure. And how I stopped being one.


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.

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Dancing With The Devil


We all have our own daemons, everyone is different and so are their tormentors. Even if they look the same on paper, chances are they're all unique either in their manifestation or effects. Daemon's are hard to live with, obviously, but something I have learned recently is that they can be lived with happily. If… Continue reading Dancing With The Devil

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Warm and Content.


Kids sleeping upstairs. Fingers burning from playing the guitar. Tummy full of good home cooking. Head full of songs. Heart glowing with simple happiness.   Bliss. Today has been a good day.

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2011 – a very mad year


This year has been a year of extremes. I have been so happy I was walking on air and so miserable I never wanted to get out of bed and speak to another person again. My little boy was born on 1st March and I learned that to have two children didn't mean sharing the… Continue reading 2011 – a very mad year