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Friday Focus 06/12/2024 – Panto

Panto season is here – oh yes, it is! We enjoyed our first panto of the festive season last Sunday when we saw BACCES’s production of ‘Jack in the Beanstalk’.…

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Friday Focus 29/11/2024 – Walk

I’ve had a quieter week work-wise so have been making the most of it by getting out for a walk a few times this week. I’ve been joining in with…

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Friday Focus 22/11/2024 – Milestone

Just as parenting has its milestone moments, so does our journey with grief in our life after child loss, and today is another one of those horrible milestones. Today we…

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Friday Focus 15/11/2024 – Busy

This week has been a busy one with various things going on – a fireworks evening with the Boys’ and Girls’ Brigades, a dance festival for Sophie, Remembrance Sunday parade,…

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Friday Focus 08/11/2024 – Tough

This week has been a tough one with the post-show blues hitting hard along with having some difficult moments with various other things going on this week.     Show…

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Friday Focus 01/11/2024 – Stage

Sophie and I are enjoying being back on stage together this week performing in The Wind in the Willows. We’re two shows in now with three still to go. I…

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Friday Focus 25/10/2024 – Full-on

The week leading up to a school holiday if often quite full-on with trying to get various jobs done so I can focus on the children being home. This week…

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Friday Focus 18/10/2024 – Quiet

It’s been a quiet week for us with Sophie away on her school residential trip this week. It’s felt very strange not having her home and we’ve missed her, but…

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Friday Focus 11/10/2024 – Glimmers

This week has been another quite stressful one but there have been glimmers in amongst the stressful moments – little moments of joy here and there which have helped balance…

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Friday Focus 04/10/2024 – Rehearsals

We’ve been busy with rehearsals this week. Show week for The Wind in the Willows is now just four weeks away, and we’ve had the first of the all-day Sunday…