Before motherhood, I'd always been a writer.

Before I even met my husband, I already was a writer.

After I got married, I paused writing for a while.

My husband did encourage me to keep writing, but I just couldn't.

I can't even explain it.

I just stopped.

Then motherhood came and it felt almost like I'd forgotten completely about the existence of pens at first.

At least that's how it seemed to me at the time.

What I didn't know was that this new life of mine was giving me a new plot.

A new story to write about.

Motherhood put new words on my tongue.

I didn't even realise when I started writing again.

I just did it.

And somehow, I realised I wasn't only writing about motherhood.

I was writing about life.

About marriage.

About clothes.

About people.

About the things I notice.

About the things I don't understand.

About the things that make me laugh.

Sometimes it's serious.

Sometimes it's poetic.

Sometimes it's just me talking nonsense on the internet. 😂

And I think that's the beautiful thing about writing.

You don't always know what kind of writer you're becoming until you look back and realise you've already become one.

So let me know, people of TwoCents...

Do you want Jemima the poetic, or Jemima the writing mom?

Or would you like to have the best of both? 😂