12/11/2025
Two very random pics, I know…
A Yoga/Pilates mat in our hotel cupboard (first time I’ve ever seen that!) and the kidney stone my daughter passed.
We had plans for a Reformer class, Mat Pilates, mall trips, all the Instagram-perfect Dubai things. But uninvited kidney stones had other ideas.
So no Reformer, no Mat Pilates, no Mall- that mat stayed in the cupboard. We slowed down instead. And it turned out to be just what we both needed. After three months apart, Ellie and I just were-relaxing, chatting, eating, with the occasional nightmare thrown in because it’s real life, not Instagram life.
I took hardly any photos, and felt more present than I have in ages. I’m sad to be leaving her today, but she’s following her dreams here in Dubai, kidney stones and all.
The point? Sometimes we’re so busy chasing the perfect picture that we forget to live the moment.
That’s what you’ll always get from me…honesty, unfiltered and real.
See you on the mat Thursday 🤍
(Oh, and her dad was here too… someone had to fetch the ice 🤣)