Why am sitting here, so many years on, absolutely seething with fury at my ex, for another lonely uncelebrated Mother’s Day? Why can’t I let this go? Why can’t I “get over it”? It’s been over 10 years for gods’ sakes. I’m furious with myself for choosing him to be the father of my children. […]
Mother of teenagers
When I had little children and struggled with mothering them, I often wondered if it (parenting) ever got easier. Some people said yes, but most people said that it just gets different. I am now one of those second lot of people. Yes, it just gets different. I also now subscribe to the saying that […]
I don’t know how to be me
I’m having all the confused feels today. From “what do you mean just be yourself – who even is that?”, to “why do I feel I need a complete body and personality overhaul to feel attractive?”. I don’t know whether this is a feature of the autism I may or may not have, or my […]
We need to do more
An open letter to those in charge of educating our neurodiverse children. This is a guest post by Lisa Formosa, on a subject very dear to my heart, as I have a son who has autism and whose needs have not always been met by his teachers and when they were, it was begrudgingly. More […]
All the excitements!
When the most exciting thing that happens to you in a while is that you catch your first Uber ride, in fact three Uber rides in one day, you know that your life has undergone a major makeover. I remember thinking, way back when, “I wish my life was just normal, just ordinary, just plain […]
