by Mars Lord | Dec 31, 2017 | Mars, Uncategorized
Erica Garner – Say her name Mars Lord 31st December 2017 What a way to end 2017. With the death of another beautiful black woman. An activist. A woman who shouted out her father’s dying words ‘I can’t breathe’. A young mother of two, one a baby born just a few...
by Mars Lord | Nov 21, 2017 | Mars
Reclaiming my weekend Mars Lord 21st November 2017 Today is Sunday and the Wife and I (my best birth buddy and one of my closest friends) took the decision a month or so ago, NOT to work on Sundays. So when I told her that I still had to keep up the November challenge...
by Mars Lord | Nov 13, 2017 | Mars
Black Erasure Mars Lord 13th November 2017 I’m trying so hard not to be or not to feel continually angry with the birth world. I’m so over #birthsowhite. In some Facebook groups we’ve been encouraged to share and publicise the ‘Birth...
by Mars Lord | Nov 5, 2017 | Mars
Nyumbani kwa Mama – Mother’s Home Mars Lord 5th November 2017 I have had a busy summer working with clients, supporting mentees and creating an eCourse, ‘Is Doulaing Your Bag?’ which is an introduction to doulaing. During this time I’ve...
by Mars Lord | Oct 16, 2017 | Mars
Baby Loss Awareness Mars Lord 15th October 2017 I spent Saturday evening at the Bath House Hotel in Worcester at an awards ceremony. The Butterfly Awards. It seems strange to say that I was at a ceremony giving awards to people who work and campaign around baby loss....
by Mars Lord | Aug 7, 2017 | Mars
Reclaiming My Time Mars Lord 5th August 2017 I love Wimbledon season. I slow myself down and I enjoy the tennis. Loved that Federer won, though had Nadal and my girl Venus won, I would have been in heaven. Then I found myself busy working...
