It’s all too easy for parents who have gone through care proceedings to be forgotten about. When I went through it myself, I didn’t feel ...

Today is CJ’s birthday. As the years have gone on I’ve felt more and more detached when I send my little birthday emails, but not in a ba...

For the average parent, their child’s first birthday is a joyous occasion. You get to celebrate with them, open presents, eat cake and pa...

When Laura and I set out to record this podcast it was never our intention to malign Social Services (or anyone else) although we knew we...

I don’t think I could ever adequately describe what losing CJ was like for me. It is physically impossible to explain the feeling you hav...

In Episode 8 I talk about going back to university where I learned that mothers who lose a child to adoption become hidden and hard to re...

When I said goodbye to CJ, and despite my Sister saying it wasn’t a goodbye it was a ‘see you later’, I had to treat it like I may never ...

In episode four I shared that, as far back as 2007, Social Services were quietly freaking out about how technology was enabling children ...

To lose a child to forced adoption is one of the most shameful, heart-breaking, and soul-destroying things a person can face. To go throu...

Laura does not have horns. This fact I established for myself. There was a period, after CJ was placed with us and before his legal adopt...

I never allowed myself, nor do I think I could have ever imagined the kind of couple who would end up being the parents to my son. When i...

When I’m asked why I’m positive about my boys having contact with their first mum, the short answer is because If I can love two boys the...

I want to start this by saying that while this kind of loss is in no way comparable to the finality of losing a child to death, this does...

It’s a pretty big statement calling ourselves Two Good Mums, so it probably deserves some explanation. It’s an idea that evolved. At firs...