Honest Mums' Club, The (eBook)

'There is so much to be thankful for. I know. I do. One look at my beautiful family, our little home or our friends can tell me that. But it's so hard to see it in the dark.'In 2006 Hannah Oakland was a drama student living in Central London - with complimentary theatre tickets, a head full of world-conquering dreams and a kitchen that definitely didn t meet Health and Safety standards. Ten years later, the only constant is the state of her kitchen. Today, Hannah is a wife, a mother-of-two, and reliant on anti-depressants to make it through the week.The Honest Mums' Club is the story of her journey towards acceptance. An honest song for those whose dreams didn t pan out the way they planned. A whisper in the night for the sleep-deprived parents. A rumour of hope for the mentally unstable. Indeed, there is no happy ending. No neat, tidy recovery. Not yet. It s a two-steps-forward, one-step-back affair. But those two-steps are towards beauty, second chances and hope. It s a tale of learning to live a life more ordinary. Learning to be gentle - with oneself and with family. The the story of Hannah s slow and grudging acceptance that there are no rules with depression or parenthood, no regulation and no guarantees. But that somehow, in the midst of it all, life goes on.