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Sophie's CBeebies birthday card for her 6th birthday

To Sophie at six

Darling Sophie You are now six years old. Six. It sounds so grown-up. My baby girl is becoming quite a big girl now! I think though, you will always be…

Thomas and Sophie cuddling on the sofa in front of Jessica's photo cushion

Siblings – October 2019

One of the many things that I’ve felt sad about when taking my monthly siblings photo is not being able to take a spontaneous shot of my three children together.…

Sophie (holding a photo of Jessica) with me, hubby and Thomas at Jessica's forever bed on Jessica's 8th birthday with a butterfly-shaped birthday cake in the foreground

Me and Mine – September 2019

September has been a bittersweet month. The start of the month was a very emotional time with the start of a new school year followed by Jessica’s eighth birthday a…

Sophie and Thomas sitting under a tree at Pinner Village Show. Sophie is holding a picture of Jessica

Siblings – September 2019

September is a milestone month, full of little changes. The start of a new school year, starting new groups or classes, the sense of change in the air as we…

Me, hubby, Sophie and Thomas wearing our "JoGLE for Jessica" T-shirts at the Land's End signpost with "JoGLE for Jessica 12th August" added to the signpost

Me and Mine – August 2019

August has been a bit of a funny month. We’ve had some more intense periods of family time together and lots of time with hubby either working away or working…

Sophie and Thomas sitting in a blue chair wearing their "JoGLE for Jessica" T-shirts

Siblings – August 2019

Three years ago today we set out on an adventure. A trip from Land’s End to John O’Groats by bus and train. Jessica and Sophie were 4 and 2 at…

Me (holding Thomas), hubby and Sophie (holding Jessica's picture) in Grandma and Grandad's garden at Thomas's birthday party

Me and Mine – July 2019

Milestone moments are so very bittersweet for us these days. We had a big milestone moment this month with Thomas celebrating his first birthday. A year of having our beautiful…

Thomas the day before his first birthday sitting and having a picnic

To Thomas on your 1st birthday

Darling little Thomas, Today is your first birthday. I can’t quite believe that you are now one and that it has been a whole year since you came into the…

Thomas and Sophie holding a picture of Jessica in a spinning saucer

Siblings – July 2019

I can’t quite believe that we’re now almost a year into this new chapter of the Siblings project. A chapter that is full of ‘if only’s and ‘what if’s. Reflecting…

Me, hubby holding Thomas, and Sophie holding a photo of Jessica in the garden in the sunshine

Me and Mine – June 2019

Eight years ago today, we were in Oxford for the in-utero heart surgery that gave Jessica a chance of life. A milestone moment at the start of our journey as…