The last couple of weeks have been quite a rollercoaster ride on the emotional front. The start of a new year without Jessica has hit me hard. There have been many times over the past week or so that I feel like I am drowning in the stormy sea of grief. Daily life feels like… Read More
Coombe Mill in Cornwall has been on my holiday wish list for a few years now – ever since I first started joining in with the Country Kids linky. It always sounded so amazing in Fiona’s blog posts and I thought my girls would love it there. Sadly we never did get to take Jessica,… Read More
For three years, I have taken part in a daily gratitude challenge, sharing a photo of one thing I am thankful for each day on Instagram. There have been days when finding little things to be grateful for has been very easy to do and others when it has been incredibly hard. Life as a… Read More
Happy new year to you all and welcome to Country Kids. Country Kids, originally hosted by Fiona at Coombe Mill, is all about sharing outdoor family fun. It was one of the first linkies I joined in when I started my blog four years ago and helped inspire me to enjoy so many outdoor adventures… Read More
One of my happy memories from our last family holiday with Jessica was a ride on the Isle of Wight steam railway. The girls loved the steam train ride and we took our last family selfie during it. For our first family holiday since losing her, we were invited for a day out to see… Read More
Happy New Year! From the mouths of babes is my monthly post capturing some of the things my children say. It originally started as a weekly linky but as this gradually fizzled out, I stopped recording those little sayings and found I missed it. One of the things that I love about my blog is… Read More
The third year of my daily gratitude challenge has now come to an end. For three years now, I have been sharing one photo a day on Instagram of something I am grateful for. This last year has been the hardest one in which to find those grateful moments, especially since losing my beautiful daughter… Read More