Hello, friend!
I'm so delighted you're here.
I'm Iris - woman, mother and wife. I live with my husband, Andy, and our three daughters, Poppy, Tallulah and Sybil, in beautiful Somerset. This space exists because I want to share my (and to a limited extent, our) experiences with you. I suffered with anxiety, frequent panic attacks and OCD symptoms after the birth of my first baby and I'm currently retraining in mental health nursing because I want to contribute to providing the care that I believe all women deserve. I'm here because I want to connect with other women on mental health and wellbeing, and I think that it's important for this to be done in a holistic way. How we feel is oftentimes influenced by our personal circumstances and our choices and Luella and Rose is an exploration of this, as well as part personal blog.
Here is a bit more about me, in the form of a list of totally random facts:
1. I'm from Vermont, USA. It's an amazing place to grow up but I don't ski or snowboard so I have zero appreciation for the cold weather - and it gets COLD.
2. I used to live and work (in textiles - I have a degree in fashion design) in NYC, which is where I met and married my husband. We met in a bar. The Jets were playing. Neither one of us likes American Football.
3. I'm an absolutely horrendous cook. Sometimes I fantasize about being wealthy and having a personal chef. I don't care about the super yacht (who am I kidding?) but I'd really like to never have to prep, cook, and clean up after a meal again.
4. We bought our first house two years ago and so I've nosedived into interior design and DIY, indecisiveness be damned (god help my husband).
5. The name Luella and Rose comes from both my daughter and my sister's middle names. Collective motherhood and sisterhood is what drives both me and this space.