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Gabrielle Gassin
This blog is a compilation of some of my thoughts and dreams that have marinated for long enough that I can form sentences with them.
I am the mother of one toddler and one pregnant belly, the wife to one man, a friend to many, a sister to two and a daughter. Recently returned from eight months in Europe, having fulfilled a long anticipated dream of living in France.
I like to write about things, and this is the platform for me to share. Any feedback or advice is welcomed so please, get in touch if you so wish.
On Chamonix et cetera.
We’ve just finished a week in Chamonix Mont Blanc, popular for winter sports and an all around mountain and woods based good time. I’ll tell you something though… Vianne Rocher […]
an ode to mums –
This is dedicated to full time mums/single mums/mums who have partners doing FIFO/mums with no family support/mums who are partnered with arse holes and all other mum-style caregivers, directed at […]
A ballad for dad.
Second in line to the Gassin throne and best looking of them all, great at sports throughout his life until one day, a major fall. He’d come across the ocean […]
The Exclusive Club of Motherhood – dedicated to my mum.
There is a certain sisterhood in motherhood that speaks to […]
Is This You? A Millennial Rant.
I believe that people who cut down trees are a certain type. The type who have no issue with using 20 plastic bags when they do their shopping. The type […]
The Science.
It seems cliché to describe the classroom as a microcosm of the world. Like it’s been done before and those words are nothing new. But as I stroll around this […]
Ain’t no hood, like motherhood.
There seems not a more fitting time than now to reflect upon the last (almost) 12 months, with the first birthdate of my baby upcoming. The concept of the word […]
The Chocolatey Truth
This is a piece I wrote last year and didn’t publish…for some obvious and shameful reasons. It ends rather abruptly – probably I got caught typing it up (haha). Needless […]
The Nail Experience
It’s a Monday afternoon, and I’ve decided I deserve a treat. How friendly of me. Well done, self. This “treat” is going to come in the form of a renewal […]
avec l’âge
And so finally, the nature of time has exposed itself directly unto me. And here I was, thinking I was one of those lucky young women who would defy it; […]
Gabrielle Gassin 