Is Single-Parenthood Trendy Due To Lack Of Commitment?

Is Single-Parenthood Trendy Due To Lack Of Commitment?

I love you, you’re my soulmate. But let’s put commitment on the back burner and continue enjoying life together. I'll make up my mind in my own time, but until then though let's go on trial period and act like we're married so we can reap the rewards... Pause, reset, reflect and deliberate. Is this [...]

Are School Holidays Mission Impossible For Working Parents?

Are School Holidays Mission Impossible For Working Parents?

6 weeks vacation for pupils (UK), whilst teachers receive paid leave. Childcare consumes most of a working parents' salary. Is childbearing now only for the elite? Summertime. Holiday. Bliss. Happiness. A child’s dream; a parents nightmare, where’s the middle ground?  Family. Free childcare, so you can still earn your buck. But not everyone is so [...]

Life Is Short, Filter Through The BS.

Life Is Short, Filter Through The BS.

Why is a prognosis the biggest wake up call life can give you? Tomorrow is a new day. Each is a lesson. Anything worth doing takes time. Family, friends and/or foe all take nuggets of time. Time we didn’t perceive as special, until now. You realise life isn’t promised and the simplest of moments mean [...]

A Time Capsule – Poem.

A Time Capsule – Poem.

A lucid dream,  Sordid I now see, A calculated calibration,  Mistaken sedation, The soul laid bare, Yours, if only you cared. Memories treasured in time, As you rewrite what’s mine, Exploitation, personified. A new summer’s day, falsified, Pea smoke fog mystifies,  Programmed, I stay hypnotised. Rewired, who am I? Copyright © 2024 by Antonia Dale

Your Power.

Your Power.

Signed, sealed and delivered. The story has only just begun. You make your own luck in life. Deception will always be unraveled, beyond the shallow soul, nothing will remain. Prevail, at any cost. Principles will never be a bargaining chip. They say, “all is fair in love and war”, the truth will speak for itself [...]