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

“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

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

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

It’s the start of a new school year and both Sophie and Thomas have started at new schools this week. Thomas started junior school on Thursday and Sophie started secondary school today. Thomas enjoyed his first day and Sophie enjoyed getting to have one more day off and had a lovely play date with three… Read More

Our last full week of the summer holidays has been bookended by theatre performances. Sophie had four performances of Bring It On on Friday and Saturday last week. I was backstage chaperoning for the show on Friday evening and then saw both shows on Saturday.       We weren’t sure how well Thomas would… Read More

It’s show week for Sophie for Bring It On this week and I’m especially thankful that she and her friend are able to take part after they were involved in a car accident on the way home from rehearsal last Saturday. Sophie’s friend’s mum was bringing them home and had stopped at temporary traffic lights… Read More