Friday Focus 03/01/2025 – Refocus

Happy new year! I’ve chosen refocus as my word for the year ahead. I’m hoping to refocus my attentions on my family and my home, having started the year by…

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Friday Focus 27/12/2024 – Christmas

This week has been all about Christmas – the countdown to Christmas Day and all the preparations for Christmas and then the magic of Christmas Day itself – well, from…

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Friday Focus 20/12/2024 – Preparations

It’s been a busy week with preparations for Christmas and trying to fit in all the things that still need to be done in amongst work, school events and everything…

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Friday Focus 13/12/2024 – Achievements

It’s been a week of achievements, starting with Thomas getting a certificate for winning the November marks competition at Boys’ Brigade last Friday. He also came home with a chocolate…

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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…