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AD/PR sample | Autumn days bring more cosy playtim

AD/PR sample | Autumn days bring more cosy playtimes at home. You should have seen the kid’s faces when I introduced them to soft play at home with the @zonky.uk They’re happy because there are so many options to get creative with and I’m happy because it’s in the beautiful new biscuit colour which perfectly blends in with our home 👍🏻 I remember hours spent in my childhood doing similar play with a tatty, old cushion fold-up bed. I think this is an upgrade somewhat!
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#childsplay #imaginativeplay #kidsplayroom #the_sugar_jar #ig_motherhood #toddlerfriendly #softplayfun #insideakidsmind #playandlearn #maggiemysweetheart #littlelarsespen

A little sneak peek of our renter friendly kitchen

A little sneak peek of our renter friendly kitchen overhaul. Sometimes I find myself in there purely to stare at it because it’s honestly 500000% better than it was when we moved in. So much content to edit and so little time and that’s currently the case for 4 rooms of the house. Maybe I’ll get it done before we bid au revoir to 2021 but then again we said we’d only stay with family for 3 months in between moves and that turned out to be 9 😂
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#homedecorideas #renterfriendly #howirent #cornersofmyhome #kitchenstyling #myrentedhome #shelfiestyling

It seems necessary to photographically record occa

It seems necessary to photographically record occasions where we’re both all dressed up and child-free. Definitely lacking stamina in our old age though, now we’re more used to reclining on the sofa in front of Strictly on a Saturday night.
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#mumanddadontour #kidfreenight #weddingready #parentsletloose

#babylossawarenessweek I’m definitely not the vo

#babylossawarenessweek I’m definitely not the voice of all those that have experienced a miscarriage but I know what I and many others have found hard to hear in the aftermath, so I’ve compiled a list of unhelpful and helpful things to say to someone who has suffered a miscarriage. These are real life examples, not to shame those that said them but to help us love and support friends, colleagues and family members well because I understand it’s hard and awkward.
❌DON’T SAY…
How far along were you?
This makes the recipient feel like their grief may not be as legitimate if the miscarriage was earlier on.
✨ INSTEAD TRY…
When did you find out?
This is far more general and can be answered how they wish. It focuses more on how raw the news is rather than the age of the baby when it happened.
❌DON’T SAY
It’s surprisingly common. I have these friend who’ve had one.
This comes across as minimising a person’s experience. No one wants to feel like a statistic when they’re grieving.
✨ INSTEAD TRY…
Even though I’m sure you’re aware many other woman suffer the same thing, it doesn’t make it any less painful. I have friends that have walked through this if you’d ever find it helpful to talk to them.
❌DON’T SAY…
At least you are young/ still have time to try/ already have a child/ have a bit more time to save etc
Trying to make a horrible situation seem better is usually more to do with us feeling uncomfortable rather than entering into the person’s suffering.
✨INSTEAD TRY…
I’m so sorry, there isn’t anything I can say to make this better but know I’m here for you OR just cry with them.
❌DON’T SAY…
At least if there was a health issue the doctors would look into it.
In the UK miscarriages are only usually investigated once the mother has had 3! The last thing that person wants is to have to experience another two in order to get answers.
✨INSTEAD TRY…
How have you found the doctors? Have they been helpful and empathetic?
❌DON’T SAY…
When you have a healthy baby in the future, it will bring so much healing.
There are no guarantees of a healthy, full term baby after miscarriage and the concept that another baby would solve things takes away from that specific baby lost.

AD - PR sample | A snapshot of our hallway, after

AD - PR sample | A snapshot of our hallway, after much faffing on my mission to cover as many switches and electrical boxes as possible! Anyone else dream up creative ways of hiding the uglies? Another happy makeover using my @frenchicpaint in Stone Rosie on this hanger shelf. It was actually the first thing I bought for this home (way before we moved) from Facebook marketplace and that little bench was one of my more recents delights which the kids got very excited about and now can use it to put on their shoes, when they’re not fighting over Maggie’s sparkly ballet pumps.
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#cornersofmyhome #stylemyhallway #secondhandhome #upcycledfurniture #upcyledhomedecor #thriftflips #frenchicpaint #postitfortheaesthetics

It seems mad that it was a year ago that I very te

It seems mad that it was a year ago that I very tentatively posted for #worldmentalhealthday voicing for the first time on here my own struggles with mental health which I hadn’t long realised myself, let alone been diagnosed with and yet had spanned so much of my life. I even, through baited breath expressed that from a mixture of awful traumas had found my anxiety, depression, complex PTSD and dissociation grew so severe that I became suicidal. Medication and various therapies have helped drastically but as I was reminded by my doctor, healing is not linear and in May I became suicidal again. I spent 2 weeks almost constantly fantasising about ways to kill myself (feels weird to write that down) but thankfully I’d learnt from the first time around that I needed to get help. Telling my therapist and my doctor felt big but meant I got help and my meds were promptly upped for the third time and it made all the difference. Therapy and medication are gifts from God!I’ve spoken with so many in my DMs about their negative experiences with their church when it came to their own mental health and how they were made to feel ‘sinful’ for struggling with it. There’s such a lack of understanding and empathy in this area, in the place where we should feel the most cared for. The truth is that so many mental health struggles come from awful things that others have done to us and that changes our brains. Then it’s even more devastating when our mental health is used against us.
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I just wanted to encourage you that in the person of Jesus we see someone that draws alongside those that are broken and hurting. Nothing is too messy for him. It’s in our weakness that he shows his strength and he is full of compassion and patience. We can come to him knowing there is no judgement and he is all too willing to walk alongside and hold us up as we limp. If the church doesn’t respond like the above then it’s only because they don’t look like Jesus.
#mentalhealthawareness #mentalhealthandthechurch #lifeunplugged

AD/PR sample | Just a sneaky peek of our bedroom w

AD/PR sample | Just a sneaky peek of our bedroom which I’ve nearly finished, featuring the most gorgeous bedding from @magiclinen which we’ve been enjoying for about 2 months now ❤️ I can’t tell you how lovely it is to sleep in linen again, somehow it always feels luxurious…although not so much last night with both kids squished in the middle, one in molar-agony and the other one sporting the cough of a 90 year old.
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#cornersofmyhome #linenbedding #magiclinen #queenofcosy #postitfortheaesthetics #bedroomstyling #cosyhome #cosyvibes

The many faces of Lars when greeted with cake. Cur

The many faces of Lars when greeted with cake. Currently attempting to live his life sustained purely by snacks and never meals even if he ‘has to pick a pocket or two.’ It’s been a harder week and Lars has made it better and worse in equal measure 😂 #littlelarsespen
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#candidchildhood #motherhoodunplugged #motherhoodisanotherhood #cakeappreciationsociety #cakeclub

AD/PR sample | Autumn days bring more cosy playtim

AD/PR sample | Autumn days bring more cosy playtimes at home. You should have seen the kid’s faces when I introduced them to soft play at home with the @zonky.uk They’re happy because there are so many options to get creative with and I’m happy because it’s in the beautiful new biscuit colour which perfectly blends in with our home 👍🏻 I remember hours spent in my childhood doing similar play with a tatty, old cushion fold-up bed. I think this is an upgrade somewhat!
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#childsplay #imaginativeplay #kidsplayroom #the_sugar_jar #ig_motherhood #toddlerfriendly #softplayfun #insideakidsmind #playandlearn #maggiemysweetheart #littlelarsespen

A little sneak peek of our renter friendly kitchen

A little sneak peek of our renter friendly kitchen overhaul. Sometimes I find myself in there purely to stare at it because it’s honestly 500000% better than it was when we moved in. So much content to edit and so little time and that’s currently the case for 4 rooms of the house. Maybe I’ll get it done before we bid au revoir to 2021 but then again we said we’d only stay with family for 3 months in between moves and that turned out to be 9 😂
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#homedecorideas #renterfriendly #howirent #cornersofmyhome #kitchenstyling #myrentedhome #shelfiestyling

It seems necessary to photographically record occa

It seems necessary to photographically record occasions where we’re both all dressed up and child-free. Definitely lacking stamina in our old age though, now we’re more used to reclining on the sofa in front of Strictly on a Saturday night.
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#mumanddadontour #kidfreenight #weddingready #parentsletloose

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