”Just keep swimming..” Do you ever have one of those days when you try and do a simple thing and every tiny part of it goes wrong?! I have never washed my car. Washing the car was Omid’s job, and the prospect of washing it by myself with a toddler either tugging at me or…
Before committing to travelling the continent next year, I thought it prudent to see what the reality of camping with a toddler was like, versus my insta-worthy daydreams. I also wanted to see how Ava would find camping, and being outdoors for days on end. Would she get bored? Would she cope with the change…
Continue reading ➞ 5 Things I learned festivalling with a toddler
One weekend in a campervan, and I have seriously been bitten by the bug (and I don’t mean the ticks – more on that later!). The freedom, the simplicity, the romance are all highly appealing, and I suppose there is an element of needing to escape the past. So how did it start? My friend…
Continue reading ➞ The Inspiration: Exploring Exmoor with Handmade Matt
Boa Vista, Cape Verde, 2013 I wrote this piece for my Facebook page, on the first anniversary of Omid's death... I don’t know how the world has kept turning without Omid in it, but apparently it has. 365 times to be precise. We have travelled a full lap around the sun, and here we are again. Back…
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OMID (امید) Translation: HOPE At the start of 2018 I had it all. A good job, a gorgeous baby girl called Ava, and my husband, Omid, who I knew would love me until the end of time. The road wasn't always smooth, but it was steady and all laid out ahead of us as we…
A Widow's Wanderlust 