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"Cousins" - this week's word of the week

Friday Focus 17/08/18 – Catching up with cousins

Sophie has been enjoying spending time with her cousins this week and Thomas got to meet them when Auntie Fizz, Ebony and Erin came to stay for a few days.…

Chaotic - this week's word of the week

Friday Focus 10/08/18 – Life amongst the chaos

Things have been quite chaotic around the house this week. We’re still in the middle of trying to sort out the contents of the spare room and finish putting together…

The word "bittersweet" with doodles of Jessica and Thomas

Friday Focus 03/08/18 – A bittersweet first week

I can’t quite believe that baby Thomas is a week old already. This past week has been an incredibly bittersweet one. Thomas has brought us so much joy but there…

The word "Peanut" in blue with a drawing of me holding Peanut with hubby and Sophie either side and our angel Jessica looking on

Friday Focus 27/07/18 – Welcoming Peanut to the world

Our little Peanut has now arrived into the world and we have been blessed with a baby boy. Baby Thomas was born at home late last night, weighing in at 5lb…

Full - this week's word of the week

Friday Focus 20/07/2018 – Appointments, milestones and emotional moments

It’s been a week full of appointments, milestone moments, events and emotions. There’s been lots of last moments as we approach the end of term for Sophie. We’ve also been…

"Hospital" - this week's word of the week

Friday Focus 13/07/18 – Going back to A&E

After an emotional evening at the Girls’ Brigade awards evening last Friday, we ended up taking an unexpected trip to hospital with Sophie after she tripped and fell while spinning…

Emotional - this week's word of the week

Friday Focus 06/07/18 – An emotional week

This week has been quite an emotional one. There have been a lot of tough moments when the storm of grief has been raging all around me, and the longing…

The word hot drawn with a sunshine in place of the 'o'

Friday Focus 29/06/18 – Feeling hot, hot, hot

It’s been lovely to have so much sunshine this week, even if it has been a little too hot for my liking at times! Sophie’s preschool always have a couple…

Questions - this week's word of the week

Friday Focus 22/06/18 – Unanswered questions

The end of the week is always the hardest part of the week. It’s at this point in the week that the memories of those last days with Jessica come…

Outdoors - this week's word of the week

Friday Focus 08/06/18 – Getting outdoors for #30DaysWild

We’ve been getting outdoors more this week as Sophie and I have been joining in with #30DaysWild for the second year. I wasn’t sure if I would feel able to…