Personal Reflections
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What’s on your mind?
When my son asked me, “What’s on your mind, Mam?”, I said apples. But the truth was, my mind was full — of pressure, balance, and the quiet fear of adding just a little bit too much. This post is about what changed when football stopped, what surfaced in its place, and how close coping… Continue reading
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Can you massage my legs?
A personal reflection on sensory seeking, involuntary movement, and deep pressure — and what it’s like parenting a child whose body needs to move to regulate. Continue reading
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The Boy Who Changed Everything
At the end of the year, reflection comes naturally. This isn’t a post about the challenges — though they matter. It’s about how one little boy can come into your life and quietly change everything you thought you knew about the world, and how that change, despite everything, is pretty special. Continue reading
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Who Even Am I?
I changed everything to help my PDA son thrive — but somewhere in that process, I disappeared. This is the rawest thing I’ve written yet. Continue reading
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How do you say No?
Managing co-parenting, boundaries, and PDA — one ‘no’ at a time. No. Two letters.Easy to write.Easy to say.Yet one of the most powerful words in any language. And right now, it’s the word I’m struggling with the most. I’ve never been an assertive person. I’m a people pleaser. If someone asks me to do something, Continue reading
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Why Is Everything So Expensive?
A simple question from my son — “Why is everything so expensive?” — opened a window into the hidden costs of parenting a neurodivergent child. From clothes that never get worn to food that’s suddenly rejected, this is the reality behind the price tags. Continue reading
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Has there ever been a tornado in England?
Weather has always held a fascination for my son. Back when we used to read together before bed, he was never drawn to stories about castles or pirates—he wanted books about storms. Tornadoes, hurricanes, tsunamis. The wilder, the better. He would look over the pictures of swirling skies and crashing waves, wide-eyed, as if trying Continue reading
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How has your back to school gone?
It’s the question I’ve been asked more than anything else over the past few weeks. Understandable, given everything we went through last school year. For two weeks straight, it’s all I’ve heard: “How has your back to school gone?” And honestly—it’s a hard one to answer. If things were going well, I almost didn’t dare Continue reading
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Activate or Accommodate? The Shitty Choice of Parenting a PDA child
I haven’t written properly in a couple of weeks, which is the longest I’ve gone since starting this blog. The last few posts I published were written out in draft a while back — I hadn’t actually started any new writing in a while until last night. And this is probably a depressing read so Continue reading
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Who is your favourite pilot?
My son is like a sponge. He soaks up information even when you think he isn’t listening, isn’t interested, or is lost in his own world. He stores it all away and then—just when you least expect it—out it comes. Delivered with conviction, usually at a very random time, and often leaving me either in Continue reading
The Questions of My Child 