The Easter holidays are here and we’ve had a week full of fun activities. Sophie and Thomas have enjoyed an Easter card-making workshop at Denham Country Park, a day out at Chiltern Open Air Museum, meeting up with a friend at Black Park and a sledging session at Snozone. I had my first experience of… Read More
This week has certainly been a challenging one, to put it mildly. I’ve had a fair few triggers from things that have happened this week which have been tough to deal with emotionally, bringing back some difficult memories from five years ago. Sophie had a couple of days of being quite tired and lethargic after… Read More
It’s that time of year when I become aware of an increasing heaviness settling on me. The weight of grief feels almost physical at times. Even though it was anticipated with Mother’s Day this week, and the fifth anniversary of Jessica’s death starting to loom on the horizon, it catches me unaware at times, hitting… Read More
For Christmas last year, Sophie was given a poster with 100 different kids’ activities to complete and scratch off. It’s a great way of finding inspiration for activities over the course of the year and she wants to see how many she can tick off throughout the year. There are a great mix… Read More
March feels like it’s been a month of being unwell on and off. Both Sophie and Thomas have been off school at various times due to being unwell. I get quite anxious when they’re unwell anyway but the intermittent being unwell is also bringing back memories of those last few weeks of Jessica’s life when… Read More
The last week has been a very mixed one. We’ve had a few highs – attending the Action Medical Research 70th anniversary event, Sophie getting excellent results from her ballet exam and a good score on her 11+ assessment test and Thomas finally bringing home his first reading book from school. We’ve also had the… Read More
We’ve been involved with helping raise awareness for Action Medical Research since Jessica was four. It’s a charity that is very close to our hearts as they are dedicated to funding research into medical conditions affecting children. Some of the projects they’ve funded have been specifically to improve treatments for children with hypoplastic left heart… Read More