When I was in my twenties and travelling with friends, I did what I thought I should do. Throw out the shoulds and do what you want to do.

No matter how much we love spending time with our kids, we all have those moments when the thought of building another fort makes us want to rip our hair out.

Special occasions have brought me so much more joy since my breast cancer progressed to stage 4 last year, but at the same time, they’ve been harder.