{Bloom through the gloom}
Favourite Quotes
Sylvia Plath.
I wonder why I don't go to bed and go to sleep. But then it would be tomorrow, so I decide that no matter how tired, no matter how incoherent I am, I can skip one hour more of sleep and
live
. If I did not have this time to be myself, to write here, to be alone, I would somehow, inexplicably, lose a part of my integrity. {The Unabridged Journals, page 83}
. Energy comes from having a mission, not eating or sleeping. It comes from something you're being pulled by, not something you're pushing on.... If you're pulled, if there's something you want to serve that's greater than yourself, something that excites you, something you're made for, then there's a level of energy that most people would never dream of. We all have that, but most of us don't connect to it.
When it comes to sleep and babies, we're all just fumbling along. We care for our fabulous, feisty little humans the best way we know how. In one bedroom, or two bedrooms, or no bedrooms at all, sleep after a baby is different than sleep before a baby. But then, so is breathing. So is the way your heart beats in your chest.
So if you are on the other side of forty and think blogging is just for twenty something long legged green smoothie toting yoga goddesses, or wine guzzling toddler taming sleep deprived mamas in their thirties, think again.
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For Little M
I'm spending a lot of time singing the chorus of "And I will always love you" to keep her happy. I'm chanelling
the gentleness of the original Dolly Parton
, rather than the flamboyance of Whitney Houston.
When I'm out of entertainment ideas, we watch
these black and white videos for infants
with achingly beautiful designs. They are part art installation and part pacifier, and would be just at home in Tate Modern as in my living room.
On the Blog
For those of you who are regular visitors, you might have noticed that I've done a little housekeeping. I redesigned my blog with the help of the lovely Suzana of
. I struggle with writing html and css code, so buying a template to work with was the perfect answer. Suzana installed it within days and was so lovely to work with. Once the template was installed, it was easy enough for me to modify aspects of the design to suit my style.
I've organized all my past posts into the categories which you see on the top of the right-hand column. Have some time? Go exploring!
And, I've decided to open up the whole right-hand column to blog banner swaps and advertising. If you want your blog, shop or brand to be featured on my blog, just jump over
and book a slot. The first 5 people booking a spot can use code WELCOME! to get 50% off. It's a bargain!