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
Last week, my husband and I are were kindly invited by Action Medical Research to attend their Dine with Davina event in Southampton and share Jessica’s story. It was lovely to get dressed up and have a day out together, enjoying a delicious three-course meal, and to be able to talk about Jessica is always… Read More
This week’s Sunday Photo sees me joining with #bigkidsforGOSH, a social media campaign started by Vicki, a fellow heart mummy who blogs at The Honest Confessions of a NICU Mum, to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital who saved her son’s life. The #bigkidsforGOSH campaign is inspired by the story of Peter Pan, who… Read More
My friend Alastair is doing the Ride London 2016 and will be cycling 100 miles around London and Surrey at the end of this month to raise money for Diabetes UK. Diabetes is a condition that is known to affect 3.5 million people in the UK (with around 549,000 people estimated to have undiagnosed diabetes).… Read More
Yesterday, I went shopping and bought Sophie her first duvet and pillow set, with a Frozen-themed cover. When bedtime came, she was full of excitement over her “Frozen bed”. She snuggled down under the covers, her big sister in the bed next to her and I held her hand as she drifted off to sleep.… Read More
Most of us will have seen the heartbreaking images shared on social media and in the newspaper of the lifeless body of three-year old Aylan Kurdi, who was found washed up on a Turkish beach. An innocent child, just one of countless other children who have died trying to escape their war-torn home. I look… Read More
February – a month that is all about hearts. Hearts, flowers, chocolates, Valentine’s cards. For me as a mummy to a child with a complex congenital heart defect (CHD), February also has added significance with regards to hearts as it is National Heart Month, with Heart Week taking place from 7th-14th February. Since my daughter… Read More
