Work/life balance & bluebells

and the most hilarious family What's App messages

My biggest challenge as a mum, wife, mother, daughter, employee, carer, friend and dog walker is balancing all my roles in life. Many writers much cleverer and wittier than me have articulated the struggle, which seems to creep up on you, when you feel as if finally you are getting your shit together.

There’s a cruel irony as just as my children are blooming into young adults, along come the parents with their funny turns, powers of attorney, horrific health complaints and needing care and support. They call this stage, the sandwich generation, with both children and parents both needing care and some levels of support and I am the mere ‘filling’ in the middle, perhaps a soggy tuna and cucumber? It also often comes at a time when women reach the peaks of their careers and/or the menopause!