Why it’s not a question of luck
Last Friday I celebrated my 40th birthday and had the absolute best time ever. I received numerous messages on social media telling me how lucky I was, and it was very tempting to say things like “I...
View ArticleHow to protect our girls from our overly sexualised society
I honestly don’t know where to begin with this blog post. To say it’s a subject that’s been going through my mind for a while is an understatement – in my blog post drafts I have one entitled “My 5...
View ArticleTurning 40
A couple of weeks ago I turned 40, hit the big 4-0, whatever you want to call it, and it would seem that this birthday affects people in different ways, so I thought I’d blog about its effects on...
View ArticleSport Relief craziness comes to Mauritius!
Those of you in / from the UK will know all about the Comic Relief and Sport Relief charity. For those of you who don’t have a clue what I am talking about, they are a UK charity that has been raising...
View ArticleMean mummy or good mummy?
Are you a mean mummy or a good mummy? Léna, our 9 year old daughter, is constantly telling me I’m a mean mummy. I’m a mean mummy because I don’t give her a packet of biscuits when I collect her from...
View ArticleMiscarriage and opening up in the first trimester
In 2005 I had a miscarriage and only a dozen people knew about it. I felt embarrassed. Ashamed. Guilty. Responsible. It took me a long time to get over those feelings. Then as I got older, had a...
View ArticleIf I should die now, know this
If I should die now might give the impression that this blog post is going to be pretty morbid, but it’s not going to be about death, but rather about life. I’ve been thinking about this a lot...
View ArticleTo my 9 year old daughter: 13 things you need to know about life
To Léna – my 9 year old daughter, When you were born, back in December 2006, I was very aware that you were only on loan to us for 18 years, when – if we’d done our job properly – you would take off on...
View ArticleHow to make new friends
How to make new friends can be a tough one. Feeling lonely is a horrible sensation and one that can get the most upbeat of people down. I speak from experience, having moved to a new town 8 times in my...
View ArticleShould we raise our kids to live in fear?
It seems that, just recently, all I hear around me is fear. For me it started with Charlie Hebdo (especially due to our close links to France), with another wave in Paris in November, and was...
View ArticleWhat if I make the wrong decision?
One of the biggest reasons that people get stuck in the decision-making process is due to the crippling fear of making the wrong decision. If this is the case for you, let me tell you one of my...
View ArticleGender disappointment: when you have same sex children
I hadn’t realised that gender disappointment or gender preferences existed until I announced I was pregnant with Léna, our eldest. Almost immediately people asked me whether we wanted a boy or a girl....
View ArticleThe pain of missing family when you live abroad
I first moved abroad when I was 20 years old. I was doing a degree in French and Spanish, and part of my third year involved me spending 5 months in France and 5 months in Spain. I vividly remember a...
View ArticleOpen letter to my GCSE History teacher
Dear Mrs Morrison (my GCSE History teacher), I don’t know if you remember me, Sophie, but I just wanted to write you this little letter of recognition and of appreciation. In September it will be 27...
View ArticleTo all dads – why mums having Me Time is good for YOU
I don’t normally write blog posts for dads; I write them for mums, I write them for kids, I write them for my family, but never for dads. But this is such an important one and I think it’s time for all...
View ArticleSupporting less fortunate mums on Mother’s Day
I totally missed Mother’s Day in the UK this year so I’ll be celebrating my mum in a couple of weeks when it’s Mother’s Day in Mauritius and France. In the run-up to this special day my emails and...
View ArticleDoes visualisation really work?
I’d been practising visualisation for years before I first heard of it. It was something I’d just started doing, of my own accord, and then one day I heard the word, visualisation, and I thought, “oh,...
View Article9 Time Management Tips for Mums
A couple of weeks ago I got a lovely email from one of my readers, asking me how I found the time to do everything that I do, as she said she just didn’t have time to do anything and she wanted to know...
View ArticleWhat to expect from Franglaise Mummy
Franglaise Mummy has changed a lot since I started this blog in February 2012, because I have changed a lot in that time too. I initially started this blog when we were trying for our second baby as I...
View ArticleBurnout: how I got it and how I dealt with it
Most people don’t know that I have suffered from burnout. As I have mentioned in previous blog posts, I don’t tend to share when things are going badly. I hole up, I lick my wounds, I work through it...
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