Mum's the wor.. WORK!

You could fill an encyclopaedia with articles and blogs written about the challenges of being a working mum. Those who feel guilty about working, those who don't feel guilty about working, those that don't work but would like too and then those who desperately want to be a stay at home mum but who's financial reality dictates they have to go back to work kicking and screaming. So why not add my story to the mix just for diversity?

Invisible mum

Today started like many other days recently, a routine so many of us are familiar with, a strong coffee, a load of washing in before work and a non stop chattering toddler sat in her chair stuffing in toast and squashing blueberries into unrecognisable mulch on the bottom of her dish. A normal morning for most mum's, working or otherwise. So what's so different about THIS morning? Take a look at Mum, what do you see?

Keeping up appearances

Lupus patients can be the most stubborn people on the planet, myself included. Notorious for not necessarily taking the best advice, making the most of any sort of energy - even if it means we're twice as tired at the end - refusing to accept ourselves as different and cherry picking when our condition should be taken into consideration for our actions or circumstance (chronic patient prerogative).  Not all necessarily bad things, if anything it gives us a sense of balance in a life that is slightly off kilter.