It feels good to be writing today. I've set myself a new little goal to write a blog post roughly once a month. My last post was September last year and I can't quite believe it. It's been a while. Lots of things have happened; a third lockdown has hindered how I've gone back to teaching - we're now remote learning whilst juggling a toddler at home. It's been hard for everyone. I think of the first time mothers with no baby club support in those early weeks. I think of the teenagers who are missing out on parties and first kisses. I think of grandparents who don't get to smell and cuddle their grandchildren. I think of the parents who are home schooling whilst juggling life. I think of the people on their own. It's all so heartbreaking but we are now slowly coming out into Spring and into a more sociable way of being, thank goodness. This third lockdown has been the hardest - I'm so grateful for the local support around us for dragging us through. At...
Quetzalcoatl is all about my ponderings within the world of maternity leave and beyond. The symbolic nature of Quetzalcoatl represents how this blog will stand for discussions on change, books that inspire me (either as a woman, a mother, or a teacher), and any other creative contemplations.