The Importance of Creativity for Mothers

By Maggie Gordon-Walker

A friend once said to me the act of creation signalled the end of creativity. The bone-crunching tiredness that hangs over you, day in, day out. The almost constant anxiety of something disastrous happening, meaning rational thoughts are driven out, let alone anything more creative than the daily grind. The endless, repetitive hours of unedifying…

Maggie Gordon-Walker: Uncovered Mother

By Maggie Gordon-Walker

When I gave birth to my first child in 2004 I remember feeling like I wasn’t in the room, but stuck in a big tunnel, cocooned from reality by the effects of the epidural. The midwife said, ‘Let’s get Mum up to the ward’ and I thought, ‘my Mum’s not here, is she?’ I couldn’t…