Ivy Blonwyn
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So Long, Farewell and Amen!
It is unfortunate that this final blog posting for Full Heart, Empty Arms should end on such a sad note. But the suicide of rape survivor Daisy Coleman on → Read More
Finding Tranquillity: My Lifelong Love Affair with Books
Think back to your childhood, to something you longed for with the single-minded, intense desire only children have. Perhaps it was a really ace toy you coveted → Read More
When Freaking Out Becomes a Habit
Last week, I did the weirdest thing. I freaked out about the most insignificant problem and I just couldn't stop! Even in the midst of my panic, intellectually → Read More
Hypocrisy: Oh no, I’ll Never Understand
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, 'The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the → Read More
He Thought Everyone Was a Nasty Piece of Work but They Were Merely Reacting to His Nastiness
Last week, Rhys and I joined an old Army mate of Rhys', we'll call him Bob, for a pint at our favourite pub. The haddock was superb. The company, ahem, not so → Read More
Taking a Break from Social Media Brings Peace and Simple Joys
When my computer crashed last week, it was a dark day. Withdrawal pangs set in immediately. No email. No Twitter. No Facebook. What would I do with my time? → Read More
Monologuing May Feel Like Brainwashing
Do you remember LP records? Ah, those were the good old days. You gently lowered the needle onto the vinyl and went about your business while the record played for 30-50 minutes by itself without any further action from you. Sometimes people who like... → Read More
Irritated with your Spouse? So Was I Until I Recalled the Misery of Dating!
After the honeymoon is over, sometimes it can feel like marriage is a state of constant irritation. Living cheek-by-jowl with another human being, especially during COVID-19 isolation, has been particularly trying. I’m pretty sure I drove Rhys up... → Read More
‘We’ll Always Have Paris’: Taking Momentary Mental Vacations in Stressful Times
Recently, France24 reported the Louvre planned changes to shed their ‘elitism’. Jumping to conclusions merely from the headline, I feared the most memorable part of our Paris honeymoon was going to be destroyed. Perhaps some moulding smashed... → Read More
Parental Alienation: Loving Fathers Relegated to Just ‘Sperm Donors’
Father’s Day is one of the saddest days in the year for the Blonwyn family. Like so many other loving fathers, Rhys’ ex-wife thwarted his every attempt to be a loving and involved father from the moment his children were born. Although reunited... → Read More
Telling Kids the Truth: Is It Fighting Against Parental Alienation or Just ‘Petty’?
Always tell the truth. Never lie. That commandment was drummed into my siblings and I by our parents, our vicar, our teachers. So I was supportive when my → Read More
COVID-19: Two Months After Surviving The Virus
If I were asked to sum up the after-effects of having coronavirus (COVID-19) in three words, they would be 'breathless', 'fatigued' and 'sore'. But we're alive → Read More
Secret Diary of a Step-Mum
Even as alienated mums and dads dream of the day they can once again hold their children in their arms, those of us who have walked that road know that → Read More
New Website Empowers Alienated Mums and Dads to Connect With their Kids
'What about alienated mums?' I hear that a lot. 'Mums are alienated too!' Now a new site gives alienated mums a way to reach out to their alienated children. → Read More
Step-Mother vs Step-Daughter: The Silent Battle
I realised I was in a battle long after it was over. It was so subtle that I never intuited the battle was raging at all. It wasn't a battle I started nor → Read More
How My Baby Fever was Cured By My Step-Children
Like so many other ladies, I was blindsided by infertility. Playing with dolls as a little girl, it never occurred to me that my arms would never hold a wee → Read More
Does Covid-19 Cause Abnormal Menstruation Clotting? Three Women’s Traumatic Experiences
We all feel the trauma. Whether you're already fighting the virus or still in the dread-and-fear stage, it's traumatic especially when your monthly cycle goes → Read More
People with Asperger’s Syndrome: They’re NOT ‘Flawed’ Neurotypicals
My friend, Rhedyn, is a neurotypical woman happily married to a lovely man, Dan, who was diagnosed as an adult with Asperger's Syndrome. They may be the most → Read More
Winston Churchill Speaks Courage Amidst #Covid19UK
Words have great power. And great words in the mouth of a gifted orator and strong statesman can bring a nation through a war...or a pandemic. #Covid19 is the → Read More
Our Experience With Probably Having Coronavirus (COVID-19)
We were the very last people who could have contracted the coronavirus (COVID-19). Pathologically clean by inclination. Isolated by lifestyle. Yet, if our → Read More