“I love the resilience and sparkle in the eye of a person like you, who survived”

-I Love You, Stranger by Laura Rachelle Taylor

A watercolor painting of a white and gold candle holder with a lit candle on top.
A watercolor painting of a single lit candle on a decorative holder with a round base.

i write happy life and survival poetry

A woman with wavy hair wearing a checkered blazer and earrings is sitting on a chair, smiling while holding and looking at a book titled 'A Mum Like This'.
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Kicked a brain tumour up the bottom; been having life epiphanies ever since. Poetry helped me learn to talk again. Now sharing my learnings through happy life and healing poetry for survivors who are on a mission to rebuild a life even better than before.

Previously: A professional writer for 15+ years; authored the Amazon bestseller, A Mum Like This; and scooped a few awards along the way. My book, writing, and brain tumour story are featured in the media.

mission statement

-extract from my journal

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A Mum Like Me: The Motherhood Journal
£10.99

When motherhood brings sunshine and storms… capture them. This journal for new mums features supportive affirmations, poetry and space to capture the messy and magical moments of early motherhood. The perfect companion to Amazon’s bestselling A Mum Like This: The Memoir.

With no rigid prompts or guidelines, this hardback journal is designed specially for new mums. Its gently structured pages are interwoven with poetry and supportive affirmations, leaving space to capture it all — the fleeting thoughts and scribbled feeding times, alongside the magical and mundane moments that one day turn to treasured memories.

"I created A Mum Like Me: The Journal because my own early motherhood notes are scattered across scraps of paper and phone apps that ended up as coasters or on old phones. I wish I had them all in one place, as a tangible record of my baby’s firsts — those tiny details that mean nothing to anyone else but everything to me.

So, this one’s for you. I hope you feel free to scrawl across the pages in your worst handwriting, and that it becomes a collage of scribbles, reflections, and moments that one day turn into treasured memories.2
- Laura Rachelle Taylor, Author

Shop the bestselling memoir A Mum Like This and the the accompanying journal, right here. All hand-signed. Plus, look out for new mum celebration gifts arriving in 2026…

Latest poetry, prose and updates

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reviews

  • “It was as though someone was finally speaking the same language. Thank you Laura for sharing your beautiful journey and for providing us with a space to feel seen. Just incredible…” - Amazon uk reader

  • “Laura strips motherhood back to its simplest form […] in favour of taking a calm, wholesome approach to parenting” - Wellbeing news

  • “Taylor’s memoir serves as a comforting affirmation to new parents […], validating their experiences as both real and shared” - business cheshire

  • "Your poetry has expresses everything I've felt since surviving cancer - but couldn't find the words for. That was healing. thank you!" - Chester Literature festival attendee

  • "My wife survived two brain tumours. Your words hit deep. To stand up and talk about something so raw, so creatively... it blew my mind." - chester literature festival attendee

  • "My 14-year-old daughter recently rang the bell for cancer. Your poetry has put words to feelings she - and i - have struggled to express" - chester literature festival attendee