Isolation and loneliness

Isolation and loneliness

I write this on reflection, taking stock of my nearly five years as a mum. Today my son is happily settled in reception class at primary school. I have some kind of a work/life balance by working part time. I’ve joined a writing group for mums. I swim....
And the beat goes on

And the beat goes on

I have just started running. I call it running but back in the day we called it jogging. I ridiculed joggers growing up. Ladies in dusky pink towelling or velour tracksuits with sweatbands installed across their foreheads. I’d see them as my family headed to the...