Post in response to local tragedy. Grief, loss, shock.

Reflecting on the changes over decades - moving towards feeling free to be me. Impressions of the sad pressures to be a perfect mother.

Anniversaries can be happy or sad - and if trauma is involved, then they can be tricky and bitter sweet.

Are you someone who recognises that you have a hidden grief? This grief can be so deep within us that it can surface as overwhelm.

Do you remember times where you feel as if you have been thrown to the wall? Too many demands, responsibilities or too many pressures ...

A Poem - Mother to a Child ... Ooohh - today it happened. It seems like I had been waiting my whole life to meet you

Life in the 70s and 80s was lived differently. In matters of women and babies, it was still a time of 'hiding pregnancy' in frumpy clothes.

A given name has so much meaning, and is connected with self identity. Karen means 'pure, beloved and also kind'.