It’s been a while since I’ve written. This is mainly because the presence of my newest family addition, beautiful Martha, has taken up a lot of the last two months but also because I have struggled to find a distinct topic I want to write about. The last two months saw the birth of Martha and in turn becoming a family of five. It also saw me retuning to counselling and restarting my prescription of anti-depressants. It has seen me come to terms with how fragile I feel but also how strong I can be despite my fragility. However none of these things formed into a single coherent thread that…

Rufus started back at school a couple of weeks ago and now he’s all grown up and in year one with a proper assigned seat, workbooks and no settling in time on the carpet. Needless to say the adjustment has been challenging for both of us. However I am pleased to say that he actually seems to be loving every minute of it, at least the academic stuff (he thinks P.E is a waste of time). The biggest difference this year is that now the children are given homework on a Friday which should be back in on the following Wednesday. When Rufus began at the school I made it…