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Friday Focus 24/10/2025 – Calendar Girls

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This week is show week for Calendar Girls and I am absolutely loving being part of this amazing production bringing the show to life for our audiences. We’ve had two performances so far and the feedback has been amazing, not to mention the huge buzz on stage from the audience cheers each time there’s a… Read More

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Friday Focus 17/10/2025 – Singing

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This week has seen a lot of focus on singing. There’s been lots of singing in our last three rehearsals for Calendar Girls before we get into the theatre on Sunday and practising the numbers at home in between rehearsals. We’ve had two more run-throughs of the show and I’m so excited about getting on… Read More

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Friday Focus 10/10/2025 – Jam-packed

10/10/2025
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Life certainly feels quite jam-packed at the moment. With less than two weeks to go until opening night of Calendar Girls, it’s been a busy week of preparations for the show, including a publicity event in a shopping centre and three rehearsals, including the first run-through of the show. My car is currently jam-packed full… Read More

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Friday Focus 03/10/2025 – Swan

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Somebody told me this week that I’m like a swan – calm on the surface but paddling like crazy underneath. It’s a good description of life right now – there’s a lot of things going on under the surface but on the outside at least, I’m doing my best to hold it all together and… Read More

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Friday Focus 26/09/2025 – Swimming

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“Just keep swimming” as Dory sings in Finding Nemo – keep moving forward even when things are challenging. It definitely feels like this has been my mantra for September, in more ways than one.     I joined in with a fundraising challenge from Child Bereavement UK to swim 5km in September. I’ve been going… Read More

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Friday Focus 19/09/2025 – Drained

19/09/2025
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I’m feeling quite drained this week. It’s been a full-on week with juggling things, particularly with my husband working away for most of the week, and with things going on in my wider family.   The weekend was a reasonably relaxed one. I’m thankful for that. I had a lovely brunch with a friend and… Read More

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Friday Focus 12/09/2025 – Heavy

12/09/2025
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Things have felt quite heavy this week. It’s to be expected to some extent at this time of year anyway with Jessica’s birthday, back-to-school, and the end-of-summer sadness, but there have been other things going on that have made this week feel a particularly heavy one.     A good friend of mine, who was… Read More

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I'm Louise, mummy of three - Jessica, forever six, who was born with half a heart and lives on in mine; and heart-healthy Sophie (born 2013) and Thomas (born 2018). I blog about living with grief after child loss, crafts, days out and the little moments of family life.

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