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Helping Your Family Live with the Loss of a Loved One
Losing a loved one is, let’s face it, the absolute worst. It’s hard, unpredictable, and if you have young kids, your heart breaks for them because they don’t fully understand what has happened. But, you know what? You can get through it together, as a family, and come out the other side even stronger than ever. Here’s how… 1. Talk About Them—Even the Awkward Bits You might be tempted to shut down and avoid talking about your lost loved one, especially in front of the kids, but you should do the exact opposite! Talk about them a lot, the good and the bad; the funny anecdotes and the touching moments.…
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Emma’s Diary Feature: Finding happiness in tiny moments of parenthood
Partnering with Emma’s Diary has helped me reach so many prospective parents, newborn mums and toddler handlers – I love hearing your feedback and support, thank you! Working with this platform is one of my proudest writing achievements and I love having the opportunity to tackle controversial subjects. Today’s blog post is all about my take on Motherhood and finding happiness in the tiny moments. Thank you Emma’s Diary for giving me this platform to share my innermost thoughts. Real happiness comes in tiny moments. In 2021, I had the big (COVID) wedding, we had the big engagement, and my pregnancy was a dream. But, when I go to bed at night, usually exhausted, it’s…
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Emma’s Diary Feature: Why I hate the term: Terrible Twos
Partnering with Emma’s Diary has helped me reach so many prospective parents, newborn mums and toddler handlers – I love hearing your feedback and support, thank you! Working with this platform is one of my proudest writing achievements and I love having the opportunity to tackle controversial subjects. This blog post is a controversial one: I HATE the term: terrible twos. Thank you Emma’s Diary for giving me this platform to share my innermost thoughts. I’ve spoken before about phrases I hate as a parent – and terrible twos is certainly one of them. As the mother of a wild two-year-old, I can tell you that most moments are in fact the opposite of terrible. Toddlerhood is a wild ride…
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Emma’s Diary Feature: We don’t use the word “naughty” – here’s why…
Partnering with Emma’s Diary has helped me reach so many prospective parents, newborn mums and toddler handlers – I love hearing your feedback and support, thank you! Working with this platform is one of my proudest writing achievements and I love having the opportunity to tackle controversial subjects. Today I’m sharing something controversial: we don’t use the word “naughty”, and here’s why. Thank you Emma’s Diary for giving me this platform to share my innermost thoughts. Buckle up for a post that’s going to divide so many. I’m known for getting people talking and this one might just push a few people over the edge. We don’t, and have never, used the word “naughty” in our…
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Emma’s Diary: Please stop asking mums when they’ll have another baby!
Partnering with Emma’s Diary has helped me reach so many prospective parents, newborn mums and toddler handlers – I love hearing your feedback and support, thank you! Working with this platform is one of my proudest writing achievements and I love having the opportunity to tackle controversial subjects. I’ve covered lots of subjects but one that always comes up is: unsolicited advice and how to handle it. Today’s post is all about one of the questions we *don’t* want to be asked as Mothers. Motherhood is a wild ride. It’s filled with moments of pure love coupled with moments of pure exhaustion. It’s both fleeting and slow-going at times. I am into a new…
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