Every year when October comes around, the month of Pregnancy and Baby Loss awareness, I see my social media news feeds slowly fill with posts, with photos of pink and blue ribbons, heart wrenching quotes and the inevitable comments of, “Thinking of you”, “Lots of love” and “Big hugs”. And it breaks my heart that so many of…
If there’s one thing I hate, it’s asking for help from others. It could be as little as asking for a lift somewhere, or something as huge as asking for a babysitting favour, but either way I struggle with it, I always have. And in all honesty, I’m cringing a little at the thought of…
Joseph, I have spent the last few months dreading this day, counting down the weeks, fearing the moment when you would feel further away than ever before, when I could say that a whole decade has passed since I held you in my arms. And whilst all of your birthdays have been hard, none have…
It feels as though I’m constantly making excuses these days about why I’ve had no time to blog, to work my way through my lengthy To Do List, to see friends, do the housework, sit down and just….relax!! I’m always so full of apologies, rushed text messages to friends, “Must meet up soon!”, snatched telephone…
I share photos of my children every single day on Facebook, on Instagram and here on my blog. I am so fiercely proud of all of my children, not only of how beautiful they are but also how sweet, kind and funny they are too. I take thousands of photos to capture the essence of…
I have always said that for me, one of the hardest parts of losing a baby to stillbirth is the fact that at the end of the day, there are only a handful of memories to draw from. There are no memories of happy times, photos of smiling faces, video footage of Christmas mornings, summer…