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I watch Love Island, and that’s dating as an older single parent is a lot tougher than dating as a child-free hot 20-something. As you know, I’ve tried a lot of dating sites and apps but one I haven’t tried before is Match, so I was delighted that they got in touch recently to see if I’d like to try it out and talk about a new babysitting service they’re offering, through childcare provider Yoopies. Any new member or existing Match member will be able to get a date night free with three free hours of babysitting, plus the usual membership fee to Yoopies waived. I’m lucky that I’m finally, this year, at the stage of dating where I don’t have to worry about babysitting for Dexter because he’s 14, but there were many years when I did, and it’s really nice to think that a dating site actually understands how difficult it is for us parents, and they’re trying to do something to make the process easier for us. Any new or existing Match member will be able to get a date night free with three free hours of babysitting, plus the usual membership fee to Yoopies waived.

There is no such thing as too many cushions, fact. Some may disagree, but they’re wrong, and no matter how many times my son comes home from uni and says, “Do we really need more cushions Mum?”, the answer is always a resounding yes

Each time someone doesn’t swipe right on me, I’m convinced it’s because I’m too fat. If I don’t get a job, it’s because I’m too fat. That’s why I wrote that blog post about why I stopped following Slimming World in the first place because I could see how easy it would be to just get caught up in a lifelong cycle of losing weight, gaining weight… then losing weight again. And quite frankly, I’m 47 years old, and I’m sick and tired of being told

But we managed, and I’m very grateful, but I appreciate how busy they are and now that I am able to walk on my own, I decided to go to a local hairdressers so that they could wash and blow dry my hair every week. It takes me ages and I have to swivel it round my waist one-handed, and I can only just about get the strap over my broken arm, but it’s some semblance of support and it means I’m not sore anymore It’s also meant I can wear cardigans like a normal person, and not like Superman. It’s good to remind myself that joy can be found in the smallest of things and life is something that I would never take for granted again.