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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…

Quiet - this week's word of the week

Friday Focus 01/06/18 – A quiet week

It’s been a quiet half-term for us. Normally I would have filled the week and enjoyed getting out and about, but I’ve just not had the energy to do so.…

Goodbye - this week's word of the week

Friday Focus 25/05/2018 – Saying goodbye

Last Friday, we said goodbye to our beautiful Jessica and laid her to rest in her forever bed after a service to celebrate her life at our church. It was…

Photos - this week's word of the week

Friday Focus 11/05/18 – Looking back over old photos

I’ve been spending a lot of time this week editing photos ready to put together a slideshow for Jessica’s funeral next week. Over the last year or so, I’ve been…

Reality - this week's word of the week

Friday Focus 04/05/2018 – When reality hits hard

Reality has hit us hard this week. There have been so many moments over the last couple of weeks where losing Jessica hasn’t quite seemed real. This week the realisation…