This week has mostly seen me trying to find the right: It’s been quite an exhausting week in many ways especially as hubby has been working crazy hours and has barely been home other than to grab a few short hours of sleep before heading back to work again. September is always a bit of… Read More
This week’s prompt asks the question: ‘Are women better parents than men?’ Someone (I suspect it was a man) once said that when you’re a child you learn the difference between right and wrong and when you get married you learn the difference between right and ‘correct’. Hubby and I laugh over this, but there… Read More
Drifting through dreamland, my blissful slumber Is suddenly shattered by cries of hunger The baby’s awake and she wants to be fed I pick her up and stumble back to my bed Finding the breast, she latches on with a sigh I cuddle her close and we both close our eyes Dozing together, snuggling sleepily… Read More
Our latest mini creations activity has seen Jessica having fun making masks out of paper plates. It’s been lovely over recent weeks to see Jessica engaging more and more in imaginative play – I can see her making up stories whilst playing with her In The Night Garden figures and she is now showing an… Read More
Heart to heart is a monthly link-up for heart families to share stories about their journeys. My eldest daughter Jessica has hypoplastic left heart syndrome and I started blogging about her heart journey a few weeks before she was born. Since her arrival, we have got to know other heart families, in person through our… Read More
The two photos below were taken three years ago today. They capture some precious moments with Jessica as we prepared for her to go to theatre for the second time since she was born. I remember it like it was yesterday. The anxious waiting, not wanting to leave her cot for a moment. Wanting to… Read More
