Welcome To Threads of Gem

This is where I pull at the threads that take root and watch as they grow into something tangible.


The older I get, the more I realise how many invisible threads shape who we become.

My Latest Posts

Mary Poppins Me Out of Here!

Five minutes into a walk, my teenager decided she was done and attempted to summon Mary Poppins with her umbrella. Sadly, the umbrella remained stubbornly unmagical.

Where It All Began: The Pain That Brought Me Sunshine

My second pregnancy was the hardest thing my body had ever endured. Days of pain, exhaustion and a birth that ended in surgery left me wondering if I’d ever feel relief again. But the child who arrived through all that chaos would become the calm my life didn’t know it needed — my little sunshine.

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