Perfect memories of the loved and lost
Untold Magazine When someone dies, we make them perfect in our memories. We forget the shouting matches, the untidiness and the really bad cooking. We remember what we want to remember. We remember...
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Untold Magazine As an expectant mother, I was sceptical of parenting books and ante-natal classes, even parenting advice from midwives. Surely someone had to stand up for the old fashioned idea of...
View ArticleReturning to work as a new mother
Untold Magazine By the end of 9 months of maternity leave, I was well ready for the intellectual and psychological callisthenics of my job. After weeks of preparation which included finding the perfect...
View ArticleAttachment and independence
Untold Magazine I was recently told off in no uncertain terms that by choosing to sleep train my child, I was foolishly foregoing lasting attachment with my baby in favour of something as expendable as...
View ArticleAsk not what your community can do for you
Untold Magazine I have always been something of a reluctant Facebook user. I enjoyed it at first, tolerated it later. I have put it to most of its known uses – to amuse myself, to stay in touch, to...
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