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…
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…
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…
“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…
“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.…
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…
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…
Thank you to What Katy Said for tagging me in this meme – it seemed like a nice way of rounding off the year and so I thought I’d join…
The phone call came towards the end of November – we had a date for Jessica’s open-heart surgery. We had hoped that we might be able to have Christmas together…
For the last few years, I have taken a photo of Jessica (and later Sophie too) to go on the Christmas card. We didn’t do this for Jessica’s first Christmas…
