NEITHER SWIFT NOR EASY
Progress is rarely swift or easy. Especially for the women carrying so much - work, life, motherhood, and beyond
Most of what matters is learned slowly, through lived experiences and the keen desire to learn more about ourselves and keep doing better.
This site began as 'What the CF' - a blog that I started during my child’s diagnosis with cystic fibrosis.
It was a way to learn, cope, and survive a moment that changed everything.
Since then, life has expanded.
Neither Swift Nor Easy is where this writing now lives.
Essays on motherhood, work, anxiety, identity, and the long work of becoming.
How it started
Cystic fibrosis was the beginning.
My eldest son was born in 2020, during the Covid pandemic - and at just 4 weeks old he was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis.
The early years of motherhood were shaped by newborn magic, lockdown, hospitals, research, fear, growth, gratitude, and learning how to become everything at once: parent, advocate, carer, and still myself.
Those experiences matter. They always will - as they shaped me in ways that have made me better and stronger.
They are part of the foundation of this work.
But motherhood doesn’t stay in one chapter.
What this site is now
Neither Swift Nor Easy is a space for honest writing about life lived under pressure.
Medical
motherhood
Working
motherhood
Anxiety and mental health
Learning and not always getting it right!
This is not advice. It’s experience, reflected upon.
"So we found out yesterday that Arlo has tested positive for cystic fibrosis and life has felt pretty surreal since.”
Wednesday 26th August 2020
