Poem: Change In Light
Our connection is touch and the change in light as I hover over you, although you can hear I have little to say except be nice to your momma until we meet at least. It’s a back and forth soothing...
stories over stuff
Panic, Pandemic and Self-isolation
My anxiety is through the roof. Every day now. I generally live with low-level anxiety, every day I’m anxious. It’s become my natural state. I can’t even imagine feeling calm. If I’ve ever felt calm. This is my normal. Except...
Miscarriage And The Twelve Week Wait
Written November 2019 The two-week wait is tough but for some reason, I am finding the first trimester a little more difficult this time around. Or maybe I’m just remembering it a little differently. I don’t remember being this anxious...
So, My Gall Bladder Was Necrotic
So my year started off okay and then took a somewhat dramatic turn that saw me in the hospital with a necrotic gall bladder. I’m not even making that up. So, two weeks ago I had surgery to remove my...
Guest Post: Transnational marriage: Could you handle being married to a foreigner?
I just found out what kind of marriage I’m in. I literally turned to my husband a few minutes ago and asked, “What sort of marriage is this?” He looked at me and I could tell he was wondering how...
2019 Word Count Total
110,004 So my pledge for Get Your Words Out was 200k but I kinda crashed and burned in the last six months. But I managed to break 100,000 words again and I wrote 7k more words than last year and most of...
If At First, You Don’t Succeed, Scan, Scan, Scan Again.
If you’ve followed us online you’ll know that Bethend is pregnant. Much like with Snappy, everyone knew about this. More so than last time actually. There has been a degree of openness that I will come back to. Last week...
AD: Make Your Own Cards With Fontbundles
This is a paid-for post – support the blog by taking a look. If you follow me on Instagram, particularly my stories, you’ll know I’m a bit of a font geek. I will spend entire evenings just browsing for free...
