This is the home of my weekly ramblings - the honest, funny, and sometimes chaotic blogs about parenting, autism, ADHD, midlife wobbles, and emotional burnout.
Yes, if life feels messy, you’ll feel right at home here.

I’ve never really fitted in. Not at school, not in my family, and definitely not in any tidy little box the world tried to shove me into. I was always too quiet, too emotional, too difficult, too something . And for a long time, I thought that was a flaw. But in truth, every scar, every scribble, and every slightly bad decision I’ve made along the way has shaped me far more than fitting in ever could. Going back 20, 30 years, I wanted nothing more than to blend, to smooth ou

At just turned 16, I was picked up by a local modelling agency. Showered in compliments, treated like I was 'someone' ... Which felt...

It’s been one of those weeks. The kind that left me eyeball scratching over the boring work admin (that I definitely didn't forget about three weeks ago), while simultaneously trying to keep pace with my son, aka 'Stimmy Timmy', who’s perfected the art of impersonating a bowl of spaghetti - arms, legs, and general extraness flailing in every direction.

You manage work, kids, friends, the lot… But when the dust settles, guess who’s gone missing? Yep - you. I know this because I’ve been...

I don't know if it's just the time of year, with the seasons changing and the summer falling away, or just sheer coincidence, but it...

I suffer with high functioning anxiety. Externally, I project an image of ' Got my life together '. But internally, I'm overwhelmed by...

Aging is a bit like owning a second-hand car: the mileage shows, strange noises appear at random, and no amount of polish hides the fact...