A granny OLD TIME

MICHELE A’COURT REVELS IN HAVING HER MINI-ME STAY – THEN GO HOME!

Schools and early childhood centres are so close to re-opening, you can probably smell the freedom from here. This is not because we don’t love our kids or don’t love having them around, it’s just… ooh, a bit of quiet between breakfast and dinner would be terrific, wouldn’t it?

The best description I’ve ever heard of what it’s like to be a parent is that it feels like the best part of your heart is now living outside your body. So there’s that visceral drive to protect them, wrap them up and keep them safe and close. But also, they’re loud, messy and outrageously bossy, plus expensive and needy, and they climb all over you and nick your sandwich when you’re not looking. Sometimes it’s so hard to find a moment to complete a thought process that you will occasionally resort to locking yourself in the loo for a bit of me time.