by Jo Blackwell | Jun 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
More Musings from my empty nest… I was blown away by your response to my last post, “Letter to my Daughters”. Most of you who commented are in the thick of child rearing right now, whilst I am a grandmother. I think, though, that the connection with...
by Jo Blackwell | Feb 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
More musings from my Empty Nest I wrote this letter to my daughters at a time when I was feeling particularly lost. The youngest girl had left for University and I had a sudden panic that I hadn’t finished my job. I hadn’t told them everything I wanted...
by Jo Blackwell | Dec 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
More Musings from my Empty (Christmas) Nest So – your Christmas tree is up, no doubt with the “help” of tiny fingers. Did you “redecorate” once they’d gone to bed? Did you? Be honest now… I know so many parents (mainly mums)...
by Jo Blackwell | Nov 20, 2014 | Uncategorized
Musings from my Empty Nest In Bangkok. With Chang. Not dead. That’s the Facebook status my daughter posted this afternoon. Who’s Chang? I asked, fearing she had been inadvertently been recruited as a mule on the flight over. Beer came the response. So that’s all right...
by Jo Blackwell | Nov 12, 2014 | LOVES, LUNCHBREAK, Uncategorized
There comes a time in every mother’s life when the inevitable happens and your chicks fly the nest. Inevitable, maybe, but unthinkable if you’re sitting reading this with a toddler wriggling on your lap! I loved being a mum. I loved it so much I had four...
