Anna Kisby: Best and Worst

By Maggie Gordon-Walker

The best and worst bits of being a mother are one and the same for me. It’s having the ultimate responsibility:  nowhere to hide, nowhere to run to, no calling in sick, no emigrating, no emptying the bank account and doing a runner, no not-tonight-dear-i’ve-got-a-headache, no scrapping what you’ve done and starting again from scratch,…

Chloe Forfitt: New Mum

By Maggie Gordon-Walker

‘When you’re 30, shall we make a little one of us,’ my boyfriend drunkenly whispered.           ‘Are you mental?’ I replied. Turning 31 four days ago, feeling more tired than I did at 30, but less tired than I did last week – hurrah, I reflect upon the 7 week old little one of us. I’m…