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hwealth
Not hard to imagine the brainstorming session that went into the naming of this clinic. The baby has started solids, which was exciting for approximately 2 hours until we realised that the shock to…
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not even Solomon
When the moon hangs like it does tonight – a shimmering sliver of copper floating on an indigo sea, the ends of the sickle sharp and fine enough to draw blood – what comes…
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kaya toast, konbini, and the kindness of strangers
I’m currently reading The Convenience Store by the Sea by Sonoko Michida and am enjoying it far more than I expected to. I knew I would like it, because I find Japanese slice-of-life content…
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packing, pacing
One of the things I’ve learnt since becoming a mother is that leaving the house with a baby is a muscle that must be built and exercised. The first time we took the bubs…
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hell hath no fury like a pelvis torn
Two weeks ago I experienced one of the more humbling moments of my life thus far. Against my better instinct (and breaking a promise I’d made to myself while pregnant to never run again),…
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8 friends and a funeral
A couple of months ago I was added into a Telegram chat containing everyone in my 8-person group of college pals, minus YM. ‘Hey. Have you seen YM’s story?’ I darted into Instagram and…
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the wind blows across the years and rustles the leaves in the trees
At 3:45am last night I stumbled out of bed and headed, bleary-eyed, to the storeroom to gather the logistics for a dead-of-the-night pump session. I tapped the switch for the overhead light in the…
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intersections
To pass the time in my one month of post-birth confinement, I’m rewatching Sex and the City. I have a love-hate (but mostly love) relationship with the series; I think the script is TV…
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little thing
‘How does it feel to be a parent?’ ‘Not very different, for now. It feels like a truncated experience because the nanny is doing so much.’ ‘Chores and duties aside, do you feel fundamentally…