Wishing you all a peaceful Christmas

24/12/202322/12/2023

Wishing all my readers a peaceful Christmas and sending love to all those who find this time of year difficult for whatever reason.

Merry Christmas

24/12/202221/12/2022

A Photoshopped picture of Jessica, Sophie and Thomas holding ice-skating penguins inside a snow globe

I’m taking a break from the blog over the Christmas period so just wanted to wish all my readers a peaceful Christmas. Sending much love to all those who find this time of year hard. I hope the festive season will be gentle to you.

Wishing you a gentle Christmas

23/12/202121/12/2021

Jessica standing next to a snowman with Sophie standing behind Thomas (dressed as a snowman) against a snowy backdrop

To all my readers, Thank you for following my blog over the last year. I hope that your Christmas will be as nice a one as it can be. Lots of love to those of you I know who will find Christmas this year to be a difficult one – wishing you a peaceful festive… Read More

Grief and life after Jessica: coping with Christmas

06/12/202106/12/2021

A decoration of a heart with 'Jessica' on it backed with angel wings on a Christmas tree

Christmas can be a tough time of year to navigate, especially as a bereaved parent. It feels like there is a lot of pressure to be happy at this time of year. Grief can be a taboo subject at the best of times, but more so at Christmas. There are memories of previous happy Christmases… Read More

Book review and giveaway: 100 Best Christmas Poems for Children

22/11/202121/11/2021

Disclaimer: I have received a complimentary copy of ‘100 Best Christmas Poems for Children’ for the purposes of this review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. We love snuggling together and reading a Christmas story from our book advent calendar each night in December. This year we’re also going to add a Christmas… Read More

Our Christmas traditions – creating a book advent calendar

14/11/202124/11/2021

A selection of Christmas books on a table

One of our Christmas traditions is to have a book advent calendar. Each evening in December, in the run-up to Christmas, the children get to unwrap that day’s Christmassy book, which we then read together. It’s a lovely way of making sure we take time to relax and snuggle up together with a story each… Read More

Merry Christmas

21/12/2020

Sophie and Thomas dressed as shepherds with Sophie's toy goat and Jessica dressed as an angel against a starry sky background

I’ll be stepping away from the blog from now until the end of December. Wishing all my readers a peaceful and gentle Christmas. Hope that you all stay safe and well over the festive period and are able to find moments of joy in amongst what is going to be a very difficult Christmas for… Read More