Throughout the last year, no matter how difficult it has felt at times, or how overwhelmed we all were, I drew so much comfort in the fact that despite it all, the four of you were still so happy. Regardless of the fact we couldn’t see those we loved, or that your education had been…
So here we are, home-schooling round two and, after just five short days, I quit!! It’s safe to say that any enthusiasm and positivity I had the first time around has gone out of the window, any lessons I learned from home schooling four children for six months have been completely forgotten, and any patience…
Many moons ago when I finally took the plunge to start writing this blog, it was a place to share every thought in my head, to lay bare my darkest moments and document my happiest days, and it was the therapy I had been needing, no doubt about it. Somewhere over the last five years,…
If there’s one thing I remember the most about Christmas as a child it’s that my Mum always went above and beyond to make it as magical as possible. As a result I must have been almost eleven before I even started to question whether Father Christmas was real and I knew that when I…
Joseph, Well here we are again, another year, another birthday, another reminder of all we have lost over fourteen long years. Fourteen. Just saying that out loud causes my breath to catch in my chest, wondering how fourteen years have passed since we said our first hello’s and our last goodbyes but at the same time,…
Harry, Today you are six and just typing those words brings a lump to my throat and a feeling of complete and utter disbelief that so much time has passed since you were placed in my arms. All of your birthdays are hard for me as your Mummy, learning to accept that the years go…