“The door opened and in walked a huge bunch of flowers. As they tottered towards me, I could see my daughter underneath and she said ‘flowers for my mummy.’ Even now hearing those words makes me cry.” Emma Sutton on becoming an adoptive parent…
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“Creativity is truly the force of life. If you aren’t creating, you’re dying.” Haley Bergsgaard (@motherlovinyogi) on driving around the mountains, having a penchant for mochas and treasuring her creative family life in Colorado…
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“My daughter mainly wears … whatever she wants. I gave up long ago trying to have any say over her outfit choices. She is strong minded and highly creative and I love how she expresses herself in her clothes.” Hannah Bullivant (@hanbullivant) on home life in Kent…
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“I typically bring my DSLR with me everywhere I go and rarely take photos with my phone. I will bring it with me even while I’m out running errands. It’s a part of me and what I love to do, which is document my family’s life,” says Meg Loek (@Meg_Nlo)…
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“Some mornings are easy and calm, while other mornings I seem to be running constantly.” Mum-of-four, stylist and co-founder of M Word Mag, Katleen Baum (@kowaleen – on Instagram) discusses family life in Antwerp…
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“Living as an adult in a multigenerational home is not as normal in the United States as it is in other countries and I think that’s such a shame,” says Martina Thornhill (@martinathornhill on Instagram). Read about her unconventional family life in Oregon, USA…
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“The greatest challenge when running your own business in the makeup industry is staying relevant,” says makeup artist Sadia Akhtar or IBESADIA. She entered the industry at 16, left to complete a law degree, and is now back, making “people feel beautiful”.
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“As grown-ups we can get so caught up in the final product, that we forget the process is really where all the magic happens.” For more thoughts on slow living and family life from Melanie Barnes (@geoffreyandgrace), read on…
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“Our mornings are like little festivals with loud music and big breakfasts. This is when I have most of my energy and like to start things on a high.” For more about Francesca McConchie’s (@lovelyfrancesca) family life in Walthamstow, read on…
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“As a nursing mother it is beyond crucial I stay hydrated because she sucks it all right outta me and I’m left with hardcore desert mouth ALL THE TIME.” Rachel Zacharias, or @dear_franny, on breastfeeding, armpits and listening to female folk singers in the bath…