Last January, we started making time in the mornings for ‘snuggle time’ – a few minutes of cuddling up together on the sofa before the start of the rush to get ready for the day ahead. We’d read the poem for the day from ‘I Am The Seed That Grew The Tree’ and just enjoy… Read More
I’ve had quite a productive week this week, catching up on various jobs on the to-do list. Some of them were things that I’ve been putting off for a while. It’s been good to finally get those particular jobs done! It’s also helped having a little more headspace this week than I had last week.… Read More
It’s very weird to think that Sophie and Thomas have now had more time together than Sophie and Jessica did. Another one of those tough milestones that come with life after child loss, and one that I’ve struggled with. As lovely as that bond between Sophie and Thomas is, as wonderful as it is that… Read More
I’ve been quite preoccupied this week with various things going on that are taking up a fair amount of headspace. Nothing bad, just a couple of curveballs that have come my way this week which I need to think about and process before being able to move forward with them. While I have… Read More
Today is a milestone moment on our grief journey as Thomas reaches the exact age Sophie was when Jessica died. From now on, Sophie and Thomas will have had more time with each other than Sophie and Jessica had together. Like many of the other milestones that we’ve encountered since Jessica died, it’s one that… Read More
When I look at my life as a parent, it is very sharply divided into two. Life when Jessica was here with us, and life after losing Jessica. There is a huge chasm between the two lives that marks the moment Jessica died. A life before we knew the agonising pain of child loss, and… Read More
We’ve been reorganising things at home this week. It’s been partly about making room for the Christmas presents but also planning ahead with various changes that will need to happen with the house over this coming year. The Christmas decorations have been taken down and put away, although I can’t quite say the same for… Read More