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Balloons

The balloons still litter the floor, an ostentatious carpet of celebration. The helium struggles to keep the ‘1’ and the ‘8’ bobbing hopefully, a memory of a perfect day. Helen can’t bring herself to clear them. Every day she notes

Paula Battle March 6, 2018April 6, 2018 All, Poetry & Prose No Comments Read more

4am

Don’t let four fool you with his desperate truths, Trust not his whispers, fuelled by darkness and shame, Lie still, Eyes scanning the shadows, and wait for Seven’s sense.

Paula Battle March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 All, Poetry & Prose No Comments Read more

Choose

Choose now. Choose action. Choose love, loyalty and friendship. Choose to say what you mean and choose to mean what you say. Choose to fight. Choose them, choose us. Choose the right to disagree without being a dick, and if

Paula Battle March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 All, Poetry & Prose No Comments Read more

Mirrors

Our children mirror our best And our worst.   We reflect in their glories Adjust focus when they fail   Through this lens we learn the whys of who we are See the reasons we chose the paths we trod

Paula Battle March 2, 2018March 2, 2018 All, Poetry & Prose No Comments Read more

Being 45

I’ve been 45 for a little while now. Long enough to fully digest the fact. Not long enough to accept that I’m staring into the abyss that is my late forties and beyond, and all that entails.  I had planned

Paula Battle January 28, 2018March 2, 2018 All, Musings, Observations No Comments Read more

Cold

Summer wasn’t meant to be this way. Summer was meant to be about feeling the sun on your face, lifting your chin to let it filter down your body, enveloping you in a cocoon of gold.

Paula December 9, 2017March 2, 2018 All, Poetry & Prose, Writing Read more

There’s no Pexit for Parenting

This week has been trying. It’s been a week filled with the rhetoric of quasi political debate, lots of it based largely on a combination of tabloid fear-mongering, a mash-up of Internet memes and something vaguely intelligent that some bloke

Paula's Blog June 23, 2016March 2, 2018 All, Musings, Parenting No Comments Read more

Trust

On motherhood, middle-age and stuff…

Paula's Blog January 8, 2016March 2, 2018 All, Poetry, Poetry & Prose No Comments Read more

Three things about Barcelona

How did I get to this age without ever visiting Barcelona? That was my prevailing thought during our three-day stay. I love Barcelona; properly love it in the way you love a thing that you know immediately to be flawed

Paula's Blog December 11, 2015March 2, 2018 All, Observations, Travelling No Comments Read more

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