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My inspiration

28/08/201420/11/2015

My biggest source of inspiration has to be my beautiful daughter Jessica. As most of my regular blog readers will know, Jessica was born with a congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which basically means that she has half a working heart.   She has endured several rounds of surgery (including one procedure whilst… Read More

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A special moment

25/08/201420/11/2015

Today’s BEDAOutmumbered prompt invites us to capture a moment from our day and share it. We had a lovely special moment at the weekend whilst visiting friends with Sophie taking her first few steps  using their daughter’s baby walker I stood her at the walker so I could take a photo of her with the… Read More

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Word of the Week – Trying

22/08/2014

My word of the week for this week is: Whilst the continuing sleep deprivation has been very trying (in one sense of the word), I’ve been trying hard to focus on the positives this week as I’ve been very mercurial over the past couple of weeks (and have noticed that Jessica has been more clingy… Read More

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Me and you – August

20/08/2014

This month’s photo is not the best photo of us – a quick selfie as we haven’t been so good at remembering to take a photo of just the two of us this month. We both look quite tired – it hasn’t been the best month on the sleep front for us – both girls… Read More

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Word of the Week – Support

15/08/201413/09/2017
Support - this week's word of the week

I’ve found it difficult to find the right word to summarise this week but I’ve been mostly grateful for having lots of support.  Hubby has been away all of this week working on an event and so I headed down to my mum’s to spend the week with her. Exhausted and definitely in need of… Read More

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Siblings – August

10/08/2014

Sophie is getting more and more mobile each day and starting to pull herself up to standing. This is creating some interesting moments as we have been teaching Jessica to put her puzzle pieces and magazines or anything she doesn’t want Sophie to touch on the TV table or on the sofa where Sophie can’t… Read More

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Memories of my dad

05/08/201407/11/2018
My sister, me, my dad, my mum and my twin in the pub my dad ran in 1982

Today’s BEDAOutmumbered prompt invites us to share a special memory. Some of my most beautiful memories come from my wedding day which was a truly magical day. Naturally most of these memories are of myself and hubby sharing some very special moments. The ones I’d like to share today though are those with my dad.… Read More

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I'm Louise, mummy of three - Jessica, forever six, who was born with half a heart and lives on in mine; and heart-healthy Sophie (born 2013) and Thomas (born 2018). I blog about living with grief after child loss, crafts, days out and the little moments of family life.

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