Hello! Life right now looks like this: the sofa cushions have been moved permanently to the floor next to A’s cot. This is great at 3 am, but less great at 9 pm. There’s a new neighbourhood cat who can only be described as a thug, and I’ve finally started parallel parking outside my house (even if it does look like I’ve screeched up to the curb, ready to rob a bank). In other news, I had dinner with a group of women who have known me since I was 19 and it was transformative and nourishing and healing and other words Gwyneth Paltrow might use to describe a Goop serum. All this to say that life is busy and tiring and I’m extremely grateful you’ve found time for this newsletter. If you’d like to support me, I have a
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The sleep of a mother is a light sleep full of thoughts and plans and ideas. Even if your children are grown and miles away.