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Category Archives: Memories

Favourite children’s TV programmes: then and now

26/04/201703/05/2017
Bagpuss and Ben and Holly

Children’s TV programmes have changed a lot since I was a little girl. Back then, we just had four channels and children’s programmes were only on at certain times of day. If we weren’t at home to watch something, we couldn’t watch it on catch-up TV – we missed it or recorded it on video. … Read More

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The day my 6 month old sang “God Save the Queen”

21/04/201620/04/2016

Today is the Queen’s 90th birthday and it seems appropriate to mark the occasion by sharing one of my favourite moments from Sophie’s babyhood – the moment when I captured some of her babbling on video only to realise that I had actually captured her singing “God Save the Queen” Who knows whether she’d have… Read More

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A musical journey into memories

12/11/201517/11/2015

Music is such a powerful thing – hearing an upbeat song can instantly lift our mood, a lullaby can help soothe a child to sleep and a few lines of a song heard playing on a radio can bring back vivid memories. There are so many songs that are significant to me, that instantly bring… Read More

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Me and You: The Beginning

12/10/201515/10/2018
Me and hubby when we first got together

“It’s great being single. I’m going to stay single for a long time!”   15 years ago today, these were my parting words to my housemate as I headed out the door and made my way up the hill to the students’ union for karaoke night. When I walked back in the door five hours… Read More

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What not to expect when you tell your hubby you’re in labour…

03/09/201505/09/2017

“Hello, this is my wife. She’s in labour, but don’t worry, she’s just going to sit over there and get on with it.” As introductions go, it was certainly memorable. My husband’s calm explanation as to why he’d brought his heavily pregnant wife to the set-up of an event was somewhat unusual. It certainly wasn’t… Read More

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What I’m thankful for this week

26/07/201528/07/2015

I always enjoy reflecting on the past week in my regular Friday Focus feature. This week, I’m taking a different approach and reflecting on the things that I’m thankful for instead:   Having very limited internet connection whilst on holiday. It’s meant I’ve taken a very big step away from the blog this week and… Read More

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2014 – Looking back

31/12/201430/04/2016

Family It’s been a good year for us as a family. Jessica had her one and only hospital admission for the year back in January – a planned admission for a cardiac catheter which showed that her lung arteries had good pressures but were small and need time to grow before her next open heart… 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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