I often have a little story that plays in my head. It involves me being watched by ofsted, while I'm teaching a KS2 class. And I'm trying to get them to get to a point on their own. Why? I say. They explain. Why? I say. They dig deeper. Why? I say? And keep going until they get to the Ah Ha! Point. I jump and shout YES! And I see the wonder on their face and the pride that they did it themselves. You have literally just written this down and it was amazing 🥰
Oh wow. 🙀 I wanted to print this out and put a tick next to each one that applied as a visual representation of just how THE SAME many of us feel in motherhood and yet it’s so, so isolating 🤷🏼♀️ 🤯
In fact, if you ever turned this into street art, passing mums could tick it! Thanks so much Nelly.🫶🏻 I love the journaling prompt too. ✨
Thank you for replying lovely. These are the posts I press SEND on then feel weird about for hours. Your comment has lessened that weirdness. I am so grateful for that x
I so want a Mr. Happy umbrella, and my HRT if totally f*cked too. I believe you've spoken for a lot of us, only better. Very nice to meet you, Nelly! 😊
So very nice to meet you too. Thanks for stopping by. Hope that happy umbrella turns up one day soon (adult version? Can’t understand why no one has made one now I think about it 🤣)
Oh this is all so true. I love how you poured the ouch into something really lovely 🥰. I like to think my delayed replies help others feel they can delay their replies to me too and that’s ok (although not sure that always works out!!). So glad you shared this xxx
Oh, Nelly, I love this piece! I felt like I was reading my own internal commentary - just a stream of yes, that! And that too! Thank you for sharing your ‘becauses’ with such honesty. And same, same, same.❤️
This had me entirely gripped and I was like “yes that, and that oh and definitely that” 😍 You must put this out in more places x
Just brilliant. Agree with all the comments. Thank you for sharing.
Thanking for coming by and leaving a message xx
Oh my goodness. I couldn't stop reading.
I often have a little story that plays in my head. It involves me being watched by ofsted, while I'm teaching a KS2 class. And I'm trying to get them to get to a point on their own. Why? I say. They explain. Why? I say. They dig deeper. Why? I say? And keep going until they get to the Ah Ha! Point. I jump and shout YES! And I see the wonder on their face and the pride that they did it themselves. You have literally just written this down and it was amazing 🥰
You are so inspiring! All of those moments. ❤
Oh I love this!!!! Yes it is just like this. Thank you dear 🥰
Oh wow. 🙀 I wanted to print this out and put a tick next to each one that applied as a visual representation of just how THE SAME many of us feel in motherhood and yet it’s so, so isolating 🤷🏼♀️ 🤯
In fact, if you ever turned this into street art, passing mums could tick it! Thanks so much Nelly.🫶🏻 I love the journaling prompt too. ✨
Thank you Anna. It’s so wonderfully comforting to know you’re not alone isn’t it. Thanks for such a considerate comment x
I love this so much; I’m saving it to read again & hopefully get round to doing in my journal too - you are an amazing human X
Thank you for replying lovely. These are the posts I press SEND on then feel weird about for hours. Your comment has lessened that weirdness. I am so grateful for that x
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I so want a Mr. Happy umbrella, and my HRT if totally f*cked too. I believe you've spoken for a lot of us, only better. Very nice to meet you, Nelly! 😊
So very nice to meet you too. Thanks for stopping by. Hope that happy umbrella turns up one day soon (adult version? Can’t understand why no one has made one now I think about it 🤣)
Ah, this is all my truth too. Thank you for expressing it so perfectly.
Thank you for telling me that Catherine ❤️
This is so interesting! I will definitely be trying this while journaling tonight. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for this piece. I kept feeling first as a whisper that ending up in a sigh 'I am not alone!' 💗
So very much not alone xxx
Oh this is all so true. I love how you poured the ouch into something really lovely 🥰. I like to think my delayed replies help others feel they can delay their replies to me too and that’s ok (although not sure that always works out!!). So glad you shared this xxx
Yes that is so true. I am never bothered by long delays. Maybe I should send a generic “…it’s ok to not reply for days” out to friends 🤣
Yes! Or sat a link to this piece as a kind of what’s app out of office 😆
And the line ‘because I appear to be writing this instead’ 👌👌👌
Love this. It's so relatable for me as a single, working, writing mum (aside from the husband!) x
Oh, Nelly, I love this piece! I felt like I was reading my own internal commentary - just a stream of yes, that! And that too! Thank you for sharing your ‘becauses’ with such honesty. And same, same, same.❤️
Just re-read this and loved it just as much, it is so bloody perfect xx
This was so entirely engrossing and all-out fantastic, Nelly!!! 💕💕💕💕
Oh you've just made my day there. And you are a fellow journaller stationery geek? Well hello (waves) x
Yes, journaling and stationery nerd through and through! 😁