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The Little Mumma Blog: From 2009 to 2019

On January 22, 2009, I started this blog. Thousands and thousands of my words live on this website. Many of them feel like they were written a lifetime ago. And also, just yesterday. 

How Do You Know When You’re Done Having Babies?

I seem to recall Bren and I tossed around the idea of four kids in the early stages of our relationship when we had all the love for a big family and none of the reality. We had both grown up with just one sibling and both of us craved the slightly more chaotic but what we perceived to be closer dynamic of a bigger family. In the end, we decided on three kids as being just enough chaos but without having to buy a van for transport.

International Women’s Day 2018: why it’s good for my sons as well as my daughter

We have three children. Two boys. One girl. Brendon and I are raising all three of them to be feminists.

My Kids Are All At School This Year and I’ve Never Been Happier

My Kids Are All At School This Year and I’ve Never Been Happier

I expected to cry on her first day. I’m not entirely sure why because I certainly didn’t when either of the boys began school but I wondered whether maybe sending my last child – my baby! – off to school might crack open a little well of bittersweet. But no, I was as dry-eyed as ever and frankly, a little irritated when she clung fiercely to Daddy’s neck when we tried to leave. We had a kid-free coffee date to get to damn it!

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The Young Girl

The Young Girl

“You will go home. I promise you I’ll get you home,” the young guy soothed, slipping an arm around her neck.

The cab pushed forward into darkness, the sparkling city lights falling far behind. The young girl looked out into the blackness of nowhere and nowhere near home. She thought of her boyfriend. What if he woke in the night and she wasn’t there? It wasn’t like her to be out so late. It wasn’t like her to get so, so drunk. What had she done? What had she done?

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10 Instagram Accounts I Love

There are loads of accounts I love but I felt that 483 pages is too long for one blog post. So I’ve curated a list of some of my faves. Check them out! 

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Thank God For Evergreens: Self-Care Ideas for Surviving Winter

Thank God For Evergreens: Self-Care Ideas for Surviving Winter

On a gloomy day last winter, I was standing at my kitchen looking out into the vastness of my neighbour’s backyard and I noticed it was populated by a bunch of evergreen trees. It occurred to me in that moment that I was so grateful for them. Against the grey skies, they stood tall and proud and lush with green. When everything else around them was dead or dormant, refusing to grow, they were steadfast in their aliveness. Though the rain and howling winds, evergreens are reliably vital.

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Oh, no! Is My Blog Dying???

Oh, no! Is My Blog Dying???

Some of you may know that this blog has been kicking around since 2009. That’s almost 8 years of writing in this little corner of the internet. Over that time, I have experimented with what I want this blog to be, how I could possibly make money from it and occasionally wondering whether the whole thing has been a terrible waste of time.

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I’m Angie!  I mum. I write. I wife. My husband would say this is the correct order.  He’s so neeeedy. I live with my family in Melbourne, Australia, where I complain about the weather for 90% of the year – but I can’t imagine living anywhere else. Except maybe in Lake Como, waving to my neighbours George and Amal each morning.

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