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Friday Focus 12/05/2023 – Celebrations

It’s been a week of celebrations with the King’s Coronation and lots of local events taking place over the bank holiday weekend, followed by my birthday. We started off with…

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Friday Focus 05/05/2023 – Time

It’s been good to have time to enjoy things this week. Sophie went on a Girls’ Brigade sleepover for the first time last weekend and thoroughly enjoyed herself. It was…

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Friday Focus 28/04/2023 – Organised

I’m starting to feel more organised and on top of things again after feeling fairly overwhelmed by the to-do list over the last few months. I’ve been managing to do…

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Friday Focus 21/04/2023 – Normality

Back to normality this week after the Easter break and the highs of show week. The after-show blues hit Sophie hard on Saturday night after the final show, along with…

The word 'luve' in Jessica's handwriting with her doodles of me, my husband, Jessica, Sophie and Thomas

Friday Focus 14/04/2023 – Love

It’s five years today since Jessica died and in honour of my beautiful big girl, I’ve chosen love as my word of the week. Jessica might have only had half…

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Friday Focus 07/04/2023 – Activities

The Easter holidays are here and we’ve had a week full of fun activities. Sophie and Thomas have enjoyed an Easter card-making workshop at Denham Country Park, a day out…

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Friday Focus 31/03/2023 – Challenging

This week has certainly been a challenging one, to put it mildly. I’ve had a fair few triggers from things that have happened this week which have been tough to…

The word 'heaviness' with a doodle of me holding it up

Friday Focus 24/03/2023 – Heaviness

It’s that time of year when I become aware of an increasing heaviness settling on me. The weight of grief feels almost physical at times. Even though it was anticipated…

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Friday Focus 17/03/2023 – Mixed

The last week has been a very mixed one. We’ve had a few highs – attending the Action Medical Research 70th anniversary event, Sophie getting excellent results from her ballet…

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Friday Focus 10/03/2023 – Home

I’ve spent most of this week at home as Thomas has had three days off school due to being unwell. He’s had two bouts of sickness over the past week,…