Well. the kids are all big. Kaitlin is 12, and Rory is 10. Can you believe it?

My joy in blogging about children’s fashion dwindled with the busyness of life, and the kids growing old enough for their own opinions and clothes choices. I didn’t feel inspired to write any more.

Covid came too, and I worked as a “hot hub” GP. At that time, during lockdown, I felt a bit lost. Something had disappeared over the years of being a busy mum.

It was colour. Colour that I had poured into outfits once my children arrived. It had disappeared from my own world, and as the children grew to develop their own tastes, my identity kind of disappeared with the change in their wardrobe. It had fallen out of mine with pregnancy and my own fashion sense had been mothballed. Maybe I felt like it wasn’t really me, or perhaps I just focused on the kids. But I had lost myself and had to do some searching to try to find how to rediscover a happier me.

I dyed my hair pink.

Instantly. I felt better. My husband was not so sure but remembered that he fell in love with me with pink hair, so he was soon on board. I redirected my love of fashion and colour, to myself.

Since lockdown I have been diagnosed with ADHD. Game changer! To understand myself in this way has been so helpful. Changing how I work to ways that suit me better has been revelatory. I even started some new training and changed my job. I am now a life coach, and a lifestyle GP. Its a fun journey, stepping forward each day to a new place.

So I figured I would keep blogging here. Scamper and Twirl started with my little girl and little dude, and it carries on with my journey, privileged to be their mum, to see them grow, and still grow myself too.

I hope you enjoy it, and that maybe it will help you too.