Into the light! I am so thrilled to see you living the life you’ve been dreaming of and deserving. Big love

How happy Darwin looks, and how brilliant that you have him during a weird fucking time for everyone, not least for someone in the thick of it as you are. I’m glad you have him, and the ocean, and a place to land and call home. I’m 5 months in my “new” place and am still doing bits and bobs (the last couple of weeks…

That is making my mouth water Cheers, I can smell it!
I finally found an Asian supermarket in my new (in pandemic terms 5 months is still new, ok?) city so I’ve just made a load of sushi. I’m not fucking around with raw fish so I substitute smoked salmon for raw and make fiery wasabi tuna mayo...it’s absolutely not the…

$5 for an hour of gentle encouragement to trust your gut and get sleep when you can....there could be a market for this

When I started considering divorce (UK so not the same system, I know) I spoke to a number of firms over the phone and arranged free 45 minute consultations with the ones I liked the sound of. I found that a face to face conversation which I didn’t have to pay for really helped with the anxiety I felt about the whole…

I agree with the comment below about new traditions. I spent passover with a friend in Israel once, her first without her kids who had gone to their father’s for the holiday. So many friends kept inviting us to seder, insisting that neither of us should miss it (me as a first timer, her as a first time alone-r) and we…

What heaven! The puppy, the beautiful place, the distance from the clusterfuck of the US, all of it. I often think of you and the bartender with a smile, enjoying the new dream you both worked and waited and longed for.

HOORAY FOR YOU! These victories are hard won and precious, and unlike my own personal narcissist a few years back I don’t think you can just divorce this one. Step by step, one deep breath at a time, you’ve got this. I’m so hopeful for you and your partner that this is the first step towards eventual freedom.

That bread looks wonderful!
Our wild kids were so disrupted by the outbreak and subsequent 2 week shut down that we’ve just been doing lots of festive TLC with them. Our classroom looked like Father Christmas had thrown up all over it and we did so many crafts. I made a tiny (< 2 inches across) “gingerbread” house out…

Thank you my dear

Oh, to be called “Darling heart” by you! My sister and I have been calling eachother that for years, it started as a joke and it’s become one of my favourite terms of endearment. Thank you for the words and the hugs, all gratefully received.

Thanks, yeah it’s completely unintentional I beleive but sadly the intent doesn’t alter the impact. The damage is done whether you meant to do it or not, like running someone over.

This is very true, and I’m very grateful for a doctor who listens, beleives and rolls up her sleeves to try and get to the bottom of it.

Oh my goodness, I would absolutely come along to the family story/ clothes swap...I will bring some snacks and fancy beverages.

She is a lot, bless her. She causes so much harm and it’s all out of such fierce, misdirected love. Every now and again though she pulls it out of the bag; I was hiding out at their house when I lost the baby and the day after I left hospital my husband’s cousin called my parents’ house to have a go at me about how…

Oh bless you, I promise I won’t google it at all and I totally get your point about doctors. It’s maddening that even women in the medical sector are so primed to ignore women’s pain and discomfort and say “Eh, probs hormones, go on the pill!” rather than investigating or treating. It’s like a modern day version of…

It’s quite something isn’t it? I remember in the first week feeling co clearly that grief was settling over me like an incredibly heavy, wet woolen cape and that it wouldn’t be going anywhere, at least not any time soon. I decided that trying to learn how to move around beneath this weight would be hard but worth it,…

Hi everyone,

There in lies the rub, I think; trusting someone new is a whole fucking gamble, in a way that an excellent connection with someone you already trust is not. I had a wonderful, safe experience with an old friend a few years back and, although I know that an *actual* relatonship would be a total trainwreck, I will…

Oh indeed, nothing has been said as far as not-commmitting on either side...the furthest we have got is saying (face-to-face, stark naked, of course, eyeroll) that it sucks to live so far apart, now that we have disovered this dynamite dynamic...