Monthly Archives: July 2010

My dirty little secret

Posted on July 30, 2010 by Met Mum

It all started rather harmless. When my friend Monique* handed me a tattered, pink paperback, I was a tad bit surprised by the cover. The photograph of a girl and a boy in a tight embrace, apparently joyful smooching away, … Continue reading →

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Stockholm

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Met Mum

Stockholm always has a soothing effect on me. Surrounded by clean water and crisp air, decorated with beautiful buildings and healthy looking people who smile at you with their big, straight white teeth, beach blond hair waving in the wind … Continue reading →

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Grandma

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Met Mum

Every time I picked up the phone to call my grandma during the past months, I dreaded that she’d fall asleep on the phone again, that she’d again confuse names, that her speech again was slurred and that again, I … Continue reading →

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It’s your birthday, it’s your birthday…

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Met Mum

Go shawty, it’s your birthday We gonna party like it’s your birthday We gon’ sip Bacardi like it’s your birthday And you know we don’t give a f***, it’s not your birthday Well, darling Fiddy, it IS my birthday. Tweet

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Complaining against an NHS midwife… result!

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Met Mum

About three months after I handed in my complaint, I received a letter from the UCLH Trust Headquarters, telling me that they had completed the investigation and informing me about their findings. Without further ado, here is what they said: … Continue reading →

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My lovely (lady)garden

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Met Mum

I am not sure I got the message right here. Please tell me it’s not just me. Tweet

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The end of broodiness

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Met Mum

Already as a child I was sure about wanting to become a mother one day. I always had a very distinct wish to become pregnant, give birth, care and love for the fruit of my loins. Even if that would … Continue reading →

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Occupation: Mum?!?

Posted on July 5, 2010 by Met Mum

The unthinkable happened. I have been asked to write something. And I have been paid for it. My first piece of paid writing in almost ten years. And my first ever piece of paid writing in English. Of course I … Continue reading →

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Four weeks in Saint-Tropez

Posted on July 2, 2010 by Met Mum

And plenty of things have been going on… There’s been lots of driving. Tweet

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