I had a lovely couple of days this week just chilling with my mum. No fuss, no nonsense, just endless chatting about nothing and...

I am struggling with my feelings a little this week. There is a sense of foreboding which for me, is normally a sign anxiety has gripped...

It won’t have escaped your notice that some football has been played this week. Some 20+ million people in the UK alone tuned into the...

I never considered myself a real hoarder until I was looking for a screwdriver in the middle drawer in the kitchen this week. You know...

I can’t remember if the saying is one step forward and two steps back, or two steps forward and one step back. But the last few weeks...

That Dr Michael Mosley bloke is either hacking into my laptop and reading my notes or is just damn good at reading my mind. I have been...

I cannot speak from a male point of view as I am not male. I cannot speak from a lifetime of experience as I am not quite finished living...

I don’t know how you all feel about this, but the image I had in my head of what life would be like once restrictions were lifted...

I started writing The Real Tilly Fairfax blog during Mental Health Awareness Week in 2020 to help with my anxiety – back then it was...

Twice a week, the boys have to do their own COVID-19 lateral flow test. Twice a week I remind them to swab, and twice a week I check they...

Guilt. That weird emotion that exists in the background but every now and then, wakes up, taps you on the shoulder, reaches into the...

For years and years, back in the day, when Lucozade bottles were wrapped in orange plastic, entertainment was skipping or playing...

This week I got my hair cut. I was very impressed with myself actually. Our hairdressers run an online booking system, and somehow I was...

procrastination [ proh-kras-tuh-ney-shuhn ] noun: the act or habit of procrastinating, or putting off or delaying, especially something...

I have a Magical Cloak. Those of you familiar with Harry Potter will recognize it as the Cloak of Invisibility. Once wrapped in it, you...

One Year On. I remember the 23rd March 2020 like it was yesterday. The beginning of a surreal dream I am still waiting to wake up from. A...

I had a very productive day at the weekend and tackled the huge backlog of housework which has been taunting me over the last few weeks....

So, the routine resumed. By Tuesday, the boys were still buzzing, on a high after meeting up with all of their buddies, but predictably...

And so, it begins. Countdown to getting back to a bit of normality. Here in the UK, final lift-off is set for 21 June 21; the day we...

Take a single day. Not a particular significant one like your own birthday or an anniversary, just a random one that is just another date...