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Hire Me – The Family Patch
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Inspire. Connect. Collect. Inspire / Connect / Collect. Hi, I’m Amanda, the voice behind The Family Patch. I’m an experienced freelance writer, blogger, and published author with a degree in modern foreign languages. Let’s just say that communication is my “thing”. If all that sounds good, why not contact me. Over a period of 3 years I wrote several columns for iVillageUK (part of NBC Universal). I have written for various local clients, including a branch of the NCT. As the co-author of the book. I have...
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Our Faith – The Family Patch
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Inspire. Connect. Collect. Inspire / Connect / Collect. I have spent almost 12 years now exploring my faith, mostly with the help of friends I made online and my husband, however there is a part of me that deeply yearns for the community that comes from “belonging” to a faith group. Thankfully I discovered the Unitarians. Now, more than ever, I feel the need for that community. But the internet is a wonderful thing, isn’t it? So where do I begin? How do I explain what faith means to me? My faith is one o...
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Tutorials & Resources – The Family Patch
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Inspire. Connect. Collect. Inspire / Connect / Collect. Tutorials & Resources. I have always had a true love for creating things, right from when I was old enough to wield an embroidery needle and create the simplest coaster out of aida and thread. It is a love that will never die, no matter how busy my life gets and how little time I have for crafting. So why not give one of the tutorials below a try…. Hot Water Bottle Cover Pattern. My Crochet Photo Tutorials (more to be uploaded soon). 2016 The Family...
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Ten Years with Endometriosis – The Family Patch
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Inspire. Connect. Collect. Inspire / Connect / Collect. Ten Years with Endometriosis. July 12, 2015. Ten years ago, this month, I was diagnosed with Endometriosis. I was relieved to finally have a diagnosis, and was told how “lucky” I was to be diagnosed at such a young age (I was 21). Whilst I appreciated the sentiment, I didn’t feel very lucky. But, still, I had a name for what was happening to me – at least I didn’t have to doubt myself any more…. The past ten years have been hard. I’ve trie...The pla...
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Faith & Spirituality – The Family Patch
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Inspire. Connect. Collect. Inspire / Connect / Collect. Celebrating 5 Years and Looking Ahead. This time last week, TJ and I were in Glastonbury, celebrating 5 years of marriage. We hadn’t had a holiday since the …. New Beginnings at The Autumn Equinox. Today is Mabon, or the Autumn Equinox, a time in the year when the day and night are of equal length. The …. Finding Time to Find Peace. We all want peace, don’t we? When One Door Closes…. 8230;stop banging on it! A Journey Through Prayer. During the past...
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Dear Mother – A Love Letter from Me to You – The Family Patch
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Inspire. Connect. Collect. Inspire / Connect / Collect. Dear Mother – A Love Letter from Me to You. July 10, 2015. I’m currently sitting in bed, on day 4 of a hideous virus that has totally knocked me for six and left me unable to do much more than lay still and think. And think I have…. You see, any time I get so sick that the only thing I can do is lay in bed and wait it out, I am reminded of the torturous days of my pregnancy, when Hyperemesis. These past 4 days, I have gone through a lot of emotions&...
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In the Garden – The Family Patch
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Inspire. Connect. Collect. Inspire / Connect / Collect. How to Turn a Back Yard into a Garden on a Budget. You may remember that when we moved home last year, one of my concerns was how we could quickly and easily create …. Getting to Grips with Our New Garden. Hasn’t the weather been truly gorgeous the past few days? Might summer finally be here? Little Man seems to think so, although …. Moving Home: How Do You Relocate A Garden? Out in the Garden. The Garden: Summer 2012. Older Posts →. During the past...
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One Child Family – The Family Patch
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Inspire. Connect. Collect. Inspire / Connect / Collect. In 2013 TJ and I finally decided that we are going to remain a one child family. Little Man is to be our “one and only”. And it seems we are far from alone in this decision. That’s why I thought it would be a good idea to create a page to combine all my thoughts on parenting an only child, as well as links to other bloggers and articles in the mainstream media about this choice we make as a family. Our path to becoming a one-child family. 8211; a po...
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When Everyone Shines But You by Kelly Martin – The Family Patch
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Inspire. Connect. Collect. Inspire / Connect / Collect. When Everyone Shines But You by Kelly Martin. July 29, 2015. Mind, Body and Spirit. One year ago, an old friend of mine (Kelly Martin) self-published her first book. I met Kelly online whilst I was at uni, and I had seen how she began to find her voice when she set up a blog all those years ago. We lost touch for several years, so it was a truly lovely surprise to find her again just as she was preparing to publish her first book. You are not a saint.
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Politics – The Family Patch
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Inspire. Connect. Collect. Inspire / Connect / Collect. I’ll be honest with you right from the start – I am far from an expert on our political system and didn’t even really care that much about politics until the 2010 General Election here in the UK. But since reaching my mid-20s, having a child, and struggling to support a disabled husband, I began to. The Only Way Is Down – 18 Notes on the UK Election. 8211; Dougald Hine. Did the Tories Really Win? Seats Won vs. Votes Cast. 8211; The Economist. More o...
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