M.A.M (Middle-Aged-Mum) Diaries

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The Great Screen Hide-and-Seek: Mum vs. The Streak Addicts
When I imagined parenting a teenager, I thought I’d be worried about boyfriends/girlfriends, bad grades, or the odd rebellious backchat. What I didn’t…
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Wellies & Wranglers: Calling All Secret Teenage Scribblers!
I remember getting my very first journal the day I was dropped off at boarding school, aged nine. It had Garfield on the cover, because obviously, a…
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Sex and the Gilded City: Corsets & Cosmos
Have you ever wondered what would happen if you dropped Carrie Bradshaw and her Manolos smack into a Fifth Avenue ballroom circa 1885? Would she be…
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When Weak Men Try to Look Strong: Trump, Zelensky, and the Art of the Bully
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The Royals, Mum, and the Great Meghan Markle Divide 🇬🇧👑🇺🇸
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How ChatGPT Helped My Son Outsmart the Bullies (and Love His Purple Shoes Again)
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Dear Sons: Be More Like Joe
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The Great Cucumber Con of Suburbia
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The Naked Truth: What a Turkish Bath Did to My Soul (and Skin)
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The Great Cucumber Con of Suburbia
Last week, I went for a long-overdue catch-up hike with a girlfriend, you know, the kind of walk that’s part therapy, part dog walk, and 100% gossip…
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Brits Abroad: The Monthly Curry Club of Mill Valley
Once a month, something very British and borderline sacred takes place in Mill Valley, a picturesque enclave nestled at the foot of Mount Tamalpais…
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Refugee Week: A Mother, a Backpack, and a Promise
I know my recent posts have leaned a little heavy, but honestly, the world feels heavy right now. I usually reach for humor to get through the madness…
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Summers Then vs. Now: From Lazy to Logistics
Ahhh, summer. Back in the day, it was pure freedom, being set free from the strict rules and regulations of a boarding school institution, as if…
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Four Seasons: The Marriage Weather Report
Mum always said that you need to test any partner through all the seasons, especially when you’re as grumpy as I am in winter, and come alive and…
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Dear Sons: Be More Like Joe
I haven’t been able to concentrate since I heard the devastating news about President Joe Biden’s stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis. A weight settled in…
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The Naked Truth: What a Turkish Bath Did to My Soul (and Skin)
On my way home from Lithuania (in case you missed my love letter to Vilnius last week), a dear friend and fellow advisor and I made a two-day pit stop…
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M.A.M (Middle-Aged-Mum) Diaries
M.A.M (Middle-Aged-Mum) Diaries
Chronicles of a British mum in quirky Marin, juggling teenage boys, a job in Tech, tennis, coffee, cocktails, and the chaos of midlife, with a saintly husband who prefers fishing, cooking and motorcycles—30% truth, 70% fiction for entertainment value.
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