Steph

There are certain days of the year that hit harder than others. Mother’s Day is one of them. For many people it’s a day filled with flowers, cards, breakfast in bed and family photos. But for some of us it comes with a kind of heartbreak that not many people talk about. Because some of us are mothers… without our mothers. I grew up incredibly close to my mum, she wasn’t just my mother, she was my best friend. The person I told everything to, the person I called when something good or bad...

Simple Ways to Reset When You’re Parenting All Day It's 9:37 a.m. and you’ve already answered 85 questions, mediated two arguments, wiped something sticky off the floor (and probably your sofa), remade your coffee twice, been touched or climbed on approximately 1 million times, still not eaten your breakfast and been needing a wee for the last hour. And it’s only Monday morning. If you’re a special needs parent, a home-ed parent, have young kids or just happen to have your children at home...

Welcome — and thank you so much for being here. If you’ve found your way to Special Edition Parent, chances are your parenting journey doesn’t look quite like the picture you once imagined. Ours didn’t either. So for our very first blog post, I wanted to properly introduce you to the family behind the words, the resources, and the community we’re building here. We’re a special edition family , in every sense of the phrase. I’m Steph , and together with my husband Bug , we raise our four...