What Katy Writes

I like wine. Lately, I would go so far as to say, I love wine. Let me just start by saying this is not intended to come across as a judgemental post at all, I am purely sharing my thoughts and experiences with alcohol and the current situation I find myself in with it. Bottom line - you do you! There are quite a few articles/thoughts/people who have discussed the "wine/mummy culture" that seems to be synonymous with parenting today. I found the thought disturbingly accurate, and I definitely started noticing how often social media accounts I follow (a lot of which are "mummy bloggers/influencers") talked about alcohol consumption and how necessary it is to be a functioning parent. I totally understand that parenting is hard. It's insanely hard some days, and sometimes that drink to take the edge off is more than understandable. I guess I have started wondering what kind of example I would like to set for Isaac when it comes to alcohol. I'm definitel...

I've been finding it difficult to blog lately. I have realised more and more how much I wish writing could somehow be my full-time reality, and then the pressure that came along with that realisation kind of got me stuck in a bit of a writer's block rut.  I have lots of ideas, LOTS of thoughts, feelings... all that jazz, but I don't know where to go from here.  I feel like I have to rip the band-aid off and at least get something happening; so apologies in advance if this post is even more "rambly" than usual. Things have been a bit hard. I feel like Reid and I have been struggling to be on the same page over the past few months mostly because we are both working so hard, he has been heavily focused on big projects at his work and as well as extra training for karate and being away for a competition recently, and I have felt a bit out of the loop. Isaac is a normal three year old who is incredibly delightful and frustrating and I have felt like a lot of parent...