Beginnings

The title of this blog comes from Rachel Power's book "The Divided Heart" which discusses the difficulties of combining motherhood and creativity. The book contains a series of interviews with female writers, artists, poets, musicians and actors; all of whom have children and all of whom have been trying to balance their creative side with parenting.

I am a mother of two children - one is almost 5 and about to start school and the other is coming up to 11 months. I also write. I write sporadically and in the small parentheses of quiet and space that i manage to grab for myself during the day. It's not easy.

This blog is about the divided heart. It's about writing, reading and books; and about parenthood and children. And all the territory in between.