I’ve now hit the point in my pregnancy when it has suddenly dawned on me that we really are about to have another baby – and how soon that moment will arrive. We’re now closer to Peanut’s arrival than we are to Jessica’s death which brings the reality of it all back into sharp perspective.… Read More
Legoland has always been one of our favourite places to visit. Our days out there are much more infrequent now that we no longer have annual passes though. Sophie’s preschool often has a Legoland day out in the summer term though which is always fun. For Sophie, it was an opportunity to have a fun… Read More
Grief is a journey that none of us want to take, and yet nearly all of us will find ourselves having to navigate it at some point in our lives. It’s a journey that we can never quite prepare ourselves for and the path through can often be hard to find, especially as grief is… Read More
For the last two years, I have taken part in a daily gratitude challenge – sharing one photo a day on Instagram of something I am grateful for. It’s taught me to look for the little things and has made me a more positive person. It has not always been easy to find something to… Read More
#30DaysWild is a nature challenge run by the Wildlife Trust. It aims to encourage people to connect with nature through doing wild activities every day throughout June. We joined in with this for the first time last year and thoroughly enjoyed it. The girls and I learned so much about nature and enjoyed doing various… Read More
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 back the most and often with those memories come questions. Did I ask the right questions when we were in hospital? Would Jessica still be… Read More
Last night I dreamed about Jessica. She was wearing a hand-knitted green and white cardigan that she’d had as a toddler, although in my dream she was the age she was when she died. She’d been chewing on her cardigan next to a button and had made it fray slightly. As I often did in… Read More