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Step away from the wheat! Things I miss since becoming wheat free

I stopped eating wheat in 2001 after being diagnosed with a wheat allergy. On the day of my diagnosis I had eaten toast for breakfast, pasta for lunch and pizza for tea. My life changed forever and here are a few things I miss: eating huge bowls of pasta. Now I’m eating pasta costing at […]

#VLOGSTARS: things that wind me up

Right, prepare yourself for angry eyes, hand gestures (not rude ones 🙂 ) and a little bit of a rant! The red mist descends and I discuss the things that wind me up. I had to massively edit this as there were so many and once I got started I kept going! When I had […]

UK Maternal Mental Health Matters Awareness Week 1-7 May 2017

I have seen many powerful messages this week across social and regular media. I debated whether I had anything that I could possibly add that would seem valuable in light of the strength shown by these mothers sharing their stories. I have heard accounts that are tragic. Inspiring. Humorous. Heartbreaking. Thought provoking. My story isn’t […]

Year 2 SATs: what my heart and head are telling me…

My tiny little bundle of joy is now a hulking great 6 year old (nearly 7) and is about to take his first government organised tests, known as SATs. My heart says he is too little to be judged, labelled, become a statistic. My head tells me that this could help him by allowing the […]

#20factsaboutme

I was tagged in the #20factsaboutme yesterday on Instagram so thought I’d share on my blog too! Thanks to @littleheartsbiglove for tagging me to write #20factsaboutme A post shared by Laura Beresford (@loopyloulaura) on Apr 26, 2017 at 1:03am PDT My life is not going the way I planned in any way! I used to […]