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March 6, 2026

Momcomesfirst: 23 05 09 Brianna Beach Words Of W...

Two years after the launch of the UK’s Invest in Women Taskforce, its flagship fund of funds is yet to deploy any capital


Amy Lewin

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The Bootstrap 4F team at the London Stock Exchange, April 2025

Momcomesfirst: 23 05 09 Brianna Beach Words Of W...

That day she taught me how to sort priorities like stones: some are heavy and need a permanent place; others are smooth and meant to be tossed back into the sea. She showed me the value of boundaries dressed as tenderness — how putting yourself first can make you kinder, not colder. When the wind picked up, she laughed and tied her hair back, and in that small motion I saw courage: the courage to choose rest, to say no, to hold the line.

I remember the sun low and patient as if it had nowhere else to be. Brianna Beach smelled like salt and sunscreen, but what I kept was the rhythm of her voice: steady, deliberate, simple truths she spoke as we walked along the shoreline. “Mom comes first,” she said, not as a demand but as a promise to herself and to us — a quiet rule for loving without losing yourself. MomComesFirst 23 05 09 Brianna Beach Words Of W...

Context and intent (assumed) Assuming this is a short-form creative piece or social-media caption referencing an event or memory dated 2023-05-09 at Brianna Beach, centered on the theme "Mom Comes First" and beginning with the fragment "Words Of W...". The goal: produce a concise, polished write-up suitable for a post, short essay, or reflection. Write-up (approx. 180–250 words) MomComesFirst — 23/05/09, Brianna Beach Words of wisdom washed up with the tide. That day she taught me how to sort

Amy Lewin

Amy Lewin is Sifted’s editor and host of Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow her on X, LinkedIn and Bluesky

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