welcome to um…life

Hello and welcome to the first post for um…life - a place for women to laugh, cry, learn, and live their best possible lives.

I am Krissi Marie - a mum to two, step-mum to one and mother-in-law to one, pretty awesome humans (if I do say so myself). I am also a furry parent to two doggo who I love lots. I am in my mid 40s, twice married, once divorced (don’t worry, the order was; married, divorced, married, for anyone who may be concerned).

I have lived and continue to live life to the fullest, which means I have messed up more than once but always look for the lesson. I share my stories and learnings with others to serve as either inspiration or a cautionary tale but please note that my journey is exactly that - my journey - my goals and aspirations, dreams and hopes are mine and they will no doubt differ to yours. Please treat this blog and the accompanying podcast and social media as information sharing, you can accept or reject and aspects of it. My hope for it is that you will bowerbird crumbs of wisdom and the odd cobweb of inspiration.

One big thing that this blog is not, is an instruction manual for your life. It is also not an influencer, mummy-blogger type of thing where I present some kind of unattainable view of the world where everything matches or is ‘aesthetic’. This is all real. None of it is perfect. The things I discuss have really happened, The feelings I feel and the feelings I share are real. I don’t get paid to say or not say stuff (don’t get me wrong, I am open to paid partnership stuff but I won’t just say nice things because of a financial interest). I will not ever give any diet or health advice or make up any kind of beauty hack or trend. That is not my jam. I will just be sharing my stories, my life and the stuff I have done.

Thank you for joining me on this journey. I hope we can learn from and with each other.

Krissi x