Carolyn Sternes
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How to be a mother
Step 1: Have a baby. Sounds simple, right? It’s not. For some of us, it takes years, surgeries, miscarriages, hormone treatments, and a lot of patience you didn’t know you had. Every small success feels monumental. Every setback feels like the universe is testing you. And yet, when that tiny human finally arrives, the struggle suddenly seems worth it… even if only for a few blissful minutes before reality hits.
By Carolyn Sternes9 days ago in Fiction
20 books I read in 2025
After a few very busy years, it had been a long time since I’d actually finished a book — and somehow this year I got through twenty. Some physical, mostly audio. These are just my personal opinions, so they might not match yours, but I love reading and I love writing, so I figured… why not talk about what I’ve been reading? Hopefully you enjoy it, and maybe you’ll find something you love as much as I did.
By Carolyn Sternes13 days ago in BookClub
Hap-Free Birthday – Vegan Edition
Well, Christmas is over and bank balances are low. 2026 is about to begin, so everyone’s birthdays are ahead of us. Lucky me, I get mine in December. It’s not terrible, but it does mean waiting the whole year to squeeze all my celebrations into one month. I’ve always found that time of year to be pretty tight with money, so I started looking into what I could sign up for to get free things.
By Carolyn Sternes16 days ago in Lifehack
Level: Infinite
Light flashed around me. Buzzers rang, bells dinged. The air was thick with the scent of hot chips, a sausage roll that had clearly overstayed its welcome in the heat cabinet, and the unmistakable tang of teenage sweat. Every few seconds, a puff of fairy-floss vapour drifted past—courtesy of one guy who thought he was being subtle about his vape.
By Carolyn Sternes3 months ago in Fiction
