It's been a while...
Hello lovely readers. This is my first blog since Little A turned 2 in September. I cannot believe it’s been that long. We’ve had a lot...
Covid.. you can run but you can't hide
Hello lovely people. Apologies that it’s been so quiet on the blog front. After my last blog celebrating my one year anniversary of...
Happy Birthday Black Balloon
20th May 2020. The date of my first published blog post. I’d set up my website and had finally plucked up the courage to release my inner...
Mental Health Awareness
Mental Health Awareness Weeks. Such important events each year which aim to encourage people to open up about their struggles and help...
The slow return to normality
The easing of lockdown. We’ve been here before. I wrote a blog last year about my feelings towards the country slowly returning to...
Postnatal Depression - Signs and Symptoms
I’ve written a lot about my own experiences of Postnatal Depression but this kind of mental illness can affect people so differently....
Expecting the unexpected
If you’ve read my previous blog posts you’ll know that I’m not a fan of change or the unknown. I know lots of people can find that a...
Dear Postnatal Depression
Dear Postnatal Depression, I have so much I want to say so I thought I’d write you a letter. 18 months after having Little A I am still...
Mr N.. my very own Prince Charming
Mr N features heavily in my blogs so I thought it only right to dedicate a whole post just to him. My Husband, Best Friend and my very...
Don't Give Up
TRIGGER WARNING: Talk of Suicide Suicide. Something that is unfortunately so common yet rarely talked about. A person feeling that they...
We can never truly appreciate our parents until we become parents ourselves
I recently came across this quote online and I realised that whilst I have written a lot about the important people in my life, not...
New Year New Lockdown
I just like everyone else was very happy to see the back of 2020. It was the year that Postnatal Depression almost broke me. It was the...
Social Media - good or bad?
I have written many times about this topic and how I feel about it. During the recent lockdown I decided to have a break from all kinds...
TAKEOVER by my Mum - It was happening and I couldn't stop it
The day my daughter gave birth to her gorgeous Son, my Grandson Little A, was one of the happiest days of my life but the following weeks...
Not another lockdown
As I write this, we are days away from another lockdown. Another 4 weeks at home living under tough restrictions. Covid doesn’t seem to...
Sometimes it's just easier to be silent
I’ve said many times in numerous blog posts how important my friends and family are to me. Friendships especially, take a lot of work and...
TAKEOVER by Mr N - Perspective
When Mrs N asked me to write a blog for her website, I thought long and hard about what I wanted to write. In the end I decided that I...
I'm Still Me
As someone who had never previously suffered with a mental health illness I have to admit that I was naïve to just how devastating it can...
TAKEOVER by my Dad - Becoming a Grandfather
Becoming a Grandfather was something that I had never really thought about until my daughter informed us she was pregnant. First thought;...

