
I'm here to help light up the darkness, inspire, and help other mums feel seen and less alone through my musings on life, motherhood, and mental health, intertwined with my faith and grief. This is a space for REAL motherhood - the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly. Here, I promise to be open, vulnerable, and honest.
Here, you are seen, and you are heard.
We pass strangers at the shops, we see other parents at school drop off/pick up, we have lunch with our colleagues, we catch up on our friends’ lives through social media. But how often do we stop to wonder what battles they might be fighting silently?
The other week, I posted about "Finding Your Village", but then I realised, there was another side to that coin that I needed to talk about – an uglier side. Motherhood changes a lot, but nobody really warns you that motherhood can also change your friendships, and in some cases, you can even lose them.
I know I’m not the only person who has grown up and gone through life wary about boundary-setting because it feels selfish. We worry we’ll disappoint people or that they won’t understand. Worse still, we’re anxious about the repercussions, where we can often be made to feel ungrateful and guilty.
They say, “It takes a village to raise a child.” But what they don’t tell you is how hard it can be to find that village – especially in today’s world where motherhood (and even life in general!) can sometimes feel more isolating than ever!

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