I’ve been feeling unsettled lately. It’s down to a combination of things – various curveballs being thrown my way here and there, audition anxiety, grief, not sleeping well (probably due to all those things!) and a couple of unexpected triggers which have brought back some unpleasant memories. My head feels a bit too full of… Read More
The first half-term of the school year is almost done and as always, it seems to have gone by rather quickly. Thomas has enjoyed his first half term at school and Sophie is enjoying being in year 4. Jessica’s year group are away on a residential school trip this week. I wonder how she would… Read More
I’ve been enjoying getting back into rehearsing for shows again over the last couple of weeks. We had our show anniversary concert at the end of September and it was lovely to have Sophie taking part in that too with other children from the Girls’ and Boys’ Brigades. Since then pre-audition rehearsals have started for… Read More
September was quite an intense month with everything that was going on. It’s an emotional rollercoaster of a month anyway, with back to school and Jessica’s birthday. Back-to-school was even more emotional this year with Thomas’s first day of school falling on what would have been Jessica’s 11th birthday. I can imagine what a proud… Read More
September has been an emotional month with the first day of the new school year falling on what would have been Jessica’s 11th birthday. She would have been very excited at her little brother starting school on her birthday. I now have two children at school, two sets of school uniform to lay out in… Read More
It’s been another crazy week getting ready for my church’s 50th anniversary weekend this weekend. Another week with a huge to-do list and wishing for more hours in the day, but the necessary jobs are steadily being crossed off the list and I think I’ll manage to get it all done while still managing to… Read More
This week has been a pretty hectic one. We have our church’s 50th anniversary celebratory weekend coming up and I’ve been busy sorting out publicity, programmes and services and fitting it in around work and all the other things that need doing. In spite of having more time to focus on things with Sophie and… Read More