Friday 13th is traditionally considered to be unlucky. This time five years ago, it was the worst day of my life – the day when we were told that our unborn baby’s heart defect was so severe that it was highly unlikely surgery would be a feasible option. An appointment where we’d prayed for a glimmer of hope and left feeling utterly devastated, praying for a miracle. We didn’t realise it at the time, but that appointment actually did give us the glimmer of hope we prayed for – an offhand comment about in-utero surgery eventually led to us being offered the procedure which gave us hope for Jessica’s survival. Five years on, as Friday 13th May appears on the calendar once again, I feel incredibly lucky. Lucky to be able to see that beautiful girl of mine as she grows up, to hear her laugh, see her smile and to watch the wonderful bond between her and her little sister growing day by day.
Five years ago, I could never have dreamed we’d be blessed with so much. I thank God every day for these two wonderful daughters of mine and everything that has led us to this point. We know there are still big steps ahead on this journey of ours, but today I will focus on the joy, on the hope and on the miracles that have got us here. Today this miracle of mine is here – giving me hugs and kisses, grabbing my hand, filling my life with my sunshine and I am more grateful for that than I could ever say.
Things I have loved this week:
- Spending the day at Legoland with my gorgeous girls, Jessica’s best friend E and E’s dad.
- Going for a train ride at Ickenham Miniature Railway followed by meeting up with a friend for lunch.
- Seeing Jessica going to Girls’ Brigade in uniform for the first time and then taking part in her first church parade two days later.
- Spending an afternoon with my mum and my twin sister celebrating our birthday.
- Lots of lovely cards and presents for my birthday and going for a Chinese meal in the evening
- Reaching 5000 followers on Twitter
- Finding out that I’ve passed my second module on my HR course and getting good feedback on my assignment.
- Co-hosting Diary of an Imperfect Mum’s fab linky #FamilyFun
What wonderful things have happened for you this week Louise!!
That’s really brilliant.
I’m over the moon little Jess is thriving – I’m keeping everything crossed for you in the coming weeks/months ahead. You deserve some good luck.xx
Thank you Gemma – it’s so good to see her doing so well, fingers crossed for next month! x
It’s a lucky day for you then lovely! Bless. Loving your pics esp Jess in her uniform. She looks so grown up. Happy birthday and well done on your achievements this week. Shame the weather going all cool this weekend eh? Have a good one xx #wotw
Thank you Sarah – she does look so grown-up in her uniform but so lovely to see how much she is enjoying being part of Girls’ Brigade 🙂
Oh gosh! A very lucky day for you then…..Sending hugs!
It looks like you have had a lovely week….Lovely photos x
Thank you Kim – it was a lovely week 🙂
Wonderful to count blessings. Long may you do so. Lovely photos, especially of Jessica in her uniform. Squeal! #wotw
Thank you Cheryl – I do like that photo of Jessica in her uniform 🙂
It sounds like you’ve had a lovely week, and I love that you’ve chosen lucky for Friday the 13th and for such a special reason. Big love to your little hearts xx
Thank you Anne – it’s so good to be five years on and see how well Jessica is currently doing x
Friday the 13th is definitely lucky for you with your two gorgeous girls. Happy birthday, hope you had a lovely time. x
Thank you Karen – I did have a lovely birthday 🙂
A great word and beautiful post, lucky is definitely the word and you are so blessed with your gorgeous girls. I’m glad you had a fab birthday and well done on passing your second module, brilliant news! Thanks for sharing with #WotW x
Thanks Jocelyn – definitely feel very lucky with my gorgeous girlies. Thanks for hosting #WotW 🙂
Jessica looks so gorwn up in her Girls Parade outfit! And I still wish we can go to Legoland! #wotw
Thank you – hope you manage to get there one day Merlinda! 🙂
Lovely post Louise – so glad that Friday 13th turned out to be lucky for you in the end. What a lot of fab stuff this week too – love that photo of the three of you on the miniature train. And Happy Birthday! Hope you had a fabulous day.
Thank you so much Katy – the miniature train ride was a lot of fun and I had a lovely birthday, thank you 🙂
Awww Happy Birthday Louise pleased to hear you’ve had a good week with friends and family. My sister was born on Friday 13th and her son too. #wotw
Congratulations on your birthday again lovely, so great that you got to spend time with your family. I loved Jessica in her uniform she always looks so happy and you are so lucky to be able to visit Legoland so regularly. We’d love to visit. Thank you for co- hosting #FamilyFun with me you were an absolute ⭐️
Thank you lovely Catie – it was such a pleasure to co-host #FamilyFun with you, thank you again for having me 🙂
So pleased Jess is doing so well ahead of what’s to come. Sounds like a fab week, making the most of the lovely weather. Yum Chinese is my favourite X
Thank you Laura – Chinese is my favourite too! 🙂
Ah the introduction to this post is gorgeous. I am so glad you got your miracle huni and it sounds like you have had a fabby week x
Thank you so much Aby – it was a lovely week 🙂
Such a lovely post. It looks like you’ve had a fun week, but it’s lovely to read about how you have been blessed and Friday 13th may have been lucky for you after all.
Thank you so much Sarah – we are so lucky to be able to see Jessica doing so well 🙂
Brilliant week, lego land sounds amazing. Happy Birthday for last week. I totally missed that! #triballove #happydayslinky
Thanks Karen – I think I kept it fairly quiet! 🙂
Oh Louise, this got me all emotional. I am so so happy that they were wrong, that 5 years on you have yur beautiful little girl with you for happy days like these. Thank you for sharing in #HappyDaysLinky xx
Thank you Katy – it made me quite emotional to look back on it all. We are so very lucky to have Jessica and although that appointment was one of the hardest days of my life, I am thankful for it because it did ultimately give us that glimmer of hope.
The 13th was not lucky for me at all! But I am so glad it is such a lucky date for you. Thanks for linking up to #HappyDaysLinky x
Sorry to hear that the 13th was unlucky for you. Thank you for hosting #HappyDaysLinky – always a pleasure to link up 🙂