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Since When Did Friendships Need Resumes?

I met a woman during one of our McDonald’s visits. Just two mums standing near the play area, watching our kids chase bits of sunlight across the floor. It could have been one of those easy, natural moments where two people share a smile, a comment, and maybe a gentle beginning of a friendship. But […]

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Rustic scene of hot tea being poured from a teapot into a mug by the window.

The Woman I Was Before…The Woman I Am Today.

Mama Journals / forget ME nots...

There was a version of me before motherhood. She woke up slowly. She made coffee while it was still hot, and she actually got to drink it that way.She had routines, plans, timelines, and space to think. She also believed she knew what love was. Then life placed two little hearts into my arms —

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A relaxing scene with a 'magnificent mum' mug and flowers by a rainy window.

The Woman I Still Am

Mama Journals / forget ME nots...

Before I was a mother, I was a whole person.I laughed louder.I walked slower.I dressed for the day I wanted to have — not the day that was surviving me. There were pieces of me I didn’t even know I’d miss:the version of me who took her time choosing tea in the morning,who read books

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