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June 19, 2018

Family Packing Essentials - Sanity Savers That Work For The Suleri-Johnsons

June 19, 2018/ Rida Mair Suleri-Johnson
Family Packing Essentials  - Sanity Savers That Work For The Suleri-Johnsons

Travelling with children can be daunting! Will they cry and want to run around and generally cause chaos?…

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Lifestyle, Travel, Motherhood
travel, family travel, travelling with children, children, cruelty free, organic, top tips, beauty
February 21, 2018

Me, Myself and Mama - A Collaboration with Lines & Current

February 21, 2018/ Rida Mair Suleri-Johnson
Me, Myself and Mama - A Collaboration with Lines & Current

Becoming a mama has always felt as though I have been split apart; momentarily watching myself from above, an out of body experience

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Motherhood, Lifestyle, Instagram
motherhood, Shop Small, instagram, independent, mama makers, mother's day
December 01, 2017

Co-sleeping and The Mattress of Dreams

December 01, 2017/ Rida Mair Suleri-Johnson
Co-sleeping and The Mattress of Dreams

I always knew I wanted my baby close. It was what my parents had done and probably their parents before them too, so for us, it was just a natural choice...

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Motherhood, Lifestyle
August 18, 2017

Welcome to Before & Again

August 18, 2017/ Rida Mair Suleri-Johnson
Welcome to Before & Again

Welcome to my perfectly imperfect...

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Travel, Motherhood, Lifestyle, Photography
August 18, 2017

Ekies All Senses Resort - Halkidiki - Greece

August 18, 2017/ Ekies All Senses Resort/ Rida Mair Suleri-Johnson
Ekies All Senses Resort - Halkidiki - Greece

Swinging in a hammock, serene sunsets and breathtaking boat rides...let me take you to Ekies

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Travel, Photography, Motherhood
August 18, 2017

On Superpowers: Here is mine, tell me yours...

August 18, 2017/ Rida Mair Suleri-Johnson
On Superpowers: Here is mine, tell me yours...

After years of being told that I feel too much, I think too much and I am simply "too emotional", I am saying enough to those negative comments and thoughts...

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Before & Again

A journal of my loves, travels and life as a mama to two babes

 

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{ #TellyTalk ~ It’s well overdue!! And although we have a right chinwag up in stories/DMs, It’s nice to bring it down to the grid. Settle in ☕️ 

As you may be able to tell by the wall, wisteria and #QueenCharlotte theme song playing by m
{ Dear Aani ~ a whirlwind of a collaboration between myself and the wonderful Sophina @brwngirlinthering 💗

A comment, a suggestion, an idea, which led to a fizz of excitement and unfurled as an afternoon of frolicking amongst the fleeting blossom a
{ Three Years Ago ~ me and Chris reached our ten year wedding anniversary. I would say that milestone, was one of the hardest years of our marriage/ partnership together. 

Mostly down to the fact we were all knee deep in a global pandemic but even b
{ Some April moments ~ 

It’s funny because it felt like April was such a grey, cold month (& it was for the most part!) but glad I caught the sunshiny moments too; metaphorically and literally 🌸☀️

And even though we’re starting May
{ Save 📍 for your next Bestie Break!

A few years ago, pre-pandemic, I took one of my besties Patricia to the magical @monchiqueresortspa in the Algarve. The hotel sits atop a hill, away from the bustling towns of the coast. 

The nearby town was ju
{ #TellyTalk ~ It’s well overdue!! And although we have a right chinwag up in stories/DMs, It’s nice to bring it down to the grid. Settle in ☕️ 

As you may be able to tell by the wall, wisteria and #QueenCharlotte theme song playing by m
{ Dear Aani ~ 

@brwngirlinthering : “For the women who led the 18th century Kherjali movement 🪬✨🌺 In the 1730s, 363 Bishnois in Northern India were murdered for peacefully protecting a grove of Khejri trees from being chopped down by the mil
{ Dear Aani ~ a whirlwind of a collaboration between myself and the wonderful Sophina @brwngirlinthering 💗

A comment, a suggestion, an idea, which led to a fizz of excitement and unfurled as an afternoon of frolicking amongst the fleeting blossom a { Three Years Ago ~ me and Chris reached our ten year wedding anniversary. I would say that milestone, was one of the hardest years of our marriage/ partnership together. 

Mostly down to the fact we were all knee deep in a global pandemic but even b
{ happy Sunday loves 💖 still quarantining here! So living vicariously through last year’s snippets of a beautiful May Day at the @bhambotanicalgardens 🌸 

May is one of my most favourite months for lots of reasons but the #rhododendron walk w
{ Some April moments ~ 

It’s funny because it felt like April was such a grey, cold month (& it was for the most part!) but glad I caught the sunshiny moments too; metaphorically and literally 🌸☀️

And even though we’re starting May
{ #AD ~ Friends, it’s that joyous time of year when the days are longer, there’s both more sun and more rain, helping all things grow 🌱 and of course time for the @nationaltrust’s #BlossomWatch! 🌸 

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