It’s been a funny month. The weather has been all over the place over the last few weeks. One minute it looks like Spring might be making an appearance and then it’s back to freezing weather and snow. For us as a family, this month has certainly been a changeable one, and not just from… Read More
This month has been mostly about trying to get back to normal routines again. We’re not quite back to normality yet – snow days and viruses have thrown us out of kilter a bit, but we’re getting there. It was nice in some ways to have almost a week of snow at the start of… Read More
This month feels like it has been all about returning to normality again. It has been wonderful to see how well Jessica has recovered from her surgery. Her sats so far have been fairly similar to her pre-op levels but I think her colour is better and she seems to have more energy now. She… Read More
It’s been lovely being able to spend so much time with both my girls at home over the last few weeks. We’ve been in our own little post-surgery bubble at home as Jessica recovers, venturing out just for the preschool run or to pop to the shops at first, and then gradually managing brief trips… Read More
January has been quite a month for us as a family. We started off the month with Jessica still on the intensive care unit following her heart surgery; were reunited with Sophie 11 days into the New Year once Jessica was back in a “normal” bay on the ward and came home two days later.… Read More
There was a point earlier this month where I wondered whether my siblings photo for January would have to be a photo of my girls talking together via FaceTime. With Jessica being in hospital recovering from heart surgery and Sophie having an extended sleepover at Nanny’s, my girls were separated for over two weeks. We… Read More
At the start of the new year, I always make the same wish. A wish to end the year with my family still complete. It’s something that I have spent the last few months praying hard for. Knowing that we had one big hurdle before the end of 2017: another open heart surgery for Jessica.… Read More