About

Hi! I am Gemma, wife and mother of 2 gorgeous children, a gorgeous 4 year old boy (TP) and a squishy 5 month old girl (BP).

Up until Christmas I was a Commercial Manager in the construction industry with a large portfolio and projects all over the south of England. I had worked hard and climbed the ladder quickly, I also loved my job.

I went on maternity leave just before Christmas 2017. We started an extension at the beginning of December when I was 8 months pregnant (the hormones made me do it) and one morning at the beginning of January the builders greeted me with sullen faces and the words ‘sorry about your job’. The company that I had worked for since I was 19 had gone in to liquidation when I was 9 months pregnant with no external wall in my house. This was not a good day!

6 months, a baby and a lot of building work later. I have decided to start to do something with this clean slate. That something is to take back control of my time and my family and become a useful part of planet earth again. I am going to try and slow down my family, bring back the knowledge that we are part of this world and ensure that our actions and decisions are good for us and our planet. In short I am going to attempt to rewild our family. But is this possible in a semi detached house in tech obsessed 21st centuary suburbia? Lets see….

This blog will be a place for us to record the things we see, do and most importantly learn along this wild ride.