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Breaking up and social media

February 13, 2016

A few days before Christmas my 20 year old daughter broke up with her boyfriend for the second time in just over six months. Social media today has a lot to answer to. Her boyfriend had gone out for a night out with his mates for his birthday. On snapchat that night my daughter saw…

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Teenage Love Break Up

July 22, 2015

This is probably something most of us have suffered from in our lives and at the time it feels like the end of the world. The truth is that it;s a life experience that we need to learn from. In the last few weeks my 17 year old daughter has finished with her boyfriend of…

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The girls growing up quickly

July 7, 2015

R and M are now nearly three and half years old and it’s hard to work out where the time has gone! This week due to circumstances I have been at home with the girls for two days which to be honest has been great as prior to that I worked six straight ten hour…

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Growing up quickly

March 26, 2015

After all the upset and upheaval of my parents going their separate ways our home was quieter and calmer. Now there was just my mum, brother, sister and myself. It’s interesting looking back because my mum went into a spiralling depression caused by her marriage breakdown. I would leave for school in the morning and…

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How important is it to grow up with a father in your life?

November 7, 2014

That’s a question I have asked myself a million times. When I was about seven or eight years of age, my parents went their separate ways. Looking back I came to the conclusion that my father was a selfish gutless man, even though my mother was the classic woman scorned she was very bitter and…

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