Last month saw a big focus on CHD-related posts on my blog to help raise awareness during heart month and included six guest posts from other heart parents who shared their stories. A big thank you to my six guest-bloggers last month – Northumberland Mam, The Hearty Life, Adventures from the Heart, Heart Mummy, Sounding Like My Mother and Heart Mammi – for sharing their journeys. The first four guest posts are linked up to last month’s Heart to Heart linky and I have added the final two to this month’s linky if you would like to read them.
For those who haven’t encountered my heart families linky before, here is a summary of what it’s all about:
Heart to heart is a monthly link-up for heart families to share stories about their journeys. My eldest daughter Jessica has hypoplastic left heart syndrome and I started blogging about her heart journey a few weeks before she was born. Since her arrival, we have got to know other heart families, in person through our stays in the hospital, but also online through social media and blogging. It has been hugely helpful for us as a family to hear stories of other heart families which have helped give us hope and encouragement, but also made us realise that we are not alone in our struggles; that we are part of a community of other heart families. I started this linky in the hope that sharing stories would help other heart families out there too.
The linky opens on the 15th of each month and stays open for a week so there is plenty of time to share. You can share old posts or new posts, updates on how your heart child is progressing, poems, advice – whatever you like as long as it is related to life as a heart family. If you would like to add the code below to your post that would be great and please do visit other posts in the link too! I’ll also try and share posts on Twitter – and will try and retweet those with the hashtag #hearttoheartlinky
Thank you to everyone who linked up last month. I have added posts previously linked up to Heart to Heart on my Pinterest board as well as sharing other CHD-related posts. If you would like an invite to pin to it, please do let me know.
This month I’m sharing my list of children’s books about CHD as well as the latest update from Jessica’s blog. This month has been quite a positive one for us thanks to receiving a letter from Jessica’s cardiologist to say that her next surgery will hopefully not need to take place this year, which is a huge relief. We know it needs to happen in the not-too-distant future but it’s good to know that at present Jessica seems well enough for the team to be happy to continue to monitor her for the time being.
Looking forward to reading your heart-related posts this month.
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