Despatches from a mother who started late (and is running to catch up)

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I am writing Fashionably Late, an irreverent guide to having children later in life. Did you become a mother over 35? If so, and you'd like to tell me your story please contact me at mail@motheratlarge.com.

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Tagged

I've been tagged by Alex at Shedworking to reveal six things about myself. Here goes:

1. My favourite food is peanut butter on toast. I'm eating this gourmet concoction as I type.

2. I get pleasure from cleaning kitchens. Untidiness depresses me.

3. I have a literary agent. Oooh, get me! But I still feel odd saying sentences like "My agent thinks....."

4. I am NOT a character from a McCall Smith book. I am a real person. Despite what anyone says.

5. I am looking forwards to lunch with my husband on Sunday. Just the two of us.

6. I am already nervous about giving birth to our second child in July.

Okay, my turn. I'd like to tag Omega Mum, Vanessa from The Fidra Blog and Erica from Littlemummy.

Posted 24 April 2008 15:28

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iota said:

Methinks the lady doth protest too much.

Posted 24 April 2008 21:38

Helen said:

I did go to the same school as AMcS's daughters... might account for some similarities between me and an AMcS character.

Posted 24 April 2008 22:10

iota said:

Ha. You kept that one quiet, didn't you? So did you go round to his house for birthday parties and sleepovers? In which case, OBVIOUSLY you fed into the creative process in a very significant way. I rest my case (as I always seem to say, on this subject).

Posted 24 April 2008 22:54

Helen said:

No! His daughters are quite a bit younger than me. But apparently the McCS's are a nice family. Sorry - I would have loved to claim a greater role in his fiction, but, alas, can't!

Posted 24 April 2008 23:42

iota said:

But your influence pervaded the school, even down the years, and was carried by the McC girls into the bosom of their home, and thus into the books of their father.

OK, so I concede you're not a character, but an influence.

Posted 25 April 2008 02:32

Helen said:

My mother taught the McCS girls. She said they were charming and well-mannered. Like their dad.

Posted 25 April 2008 12:35

Mother at Large

Welcome to this site. It's based on my personal experiences of becoming a mother a little later in life. If, like me, you waited a while to have children you're in good company. More and more of us are waiting until our late 30s or even 40s to become parents. Some might even say we're fashionably late.

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Mother at Large dreams of crossing the Pyrenees with her young daughter. For now, getting to playgroup takes all her energy. To find out more read her full profile.