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An Autumn walk

With the autumn weather looking a little brighter one morning this week, we decided it would be a good opportunity to visit one of the parks near us to go…

Friday Fabulous Five #7

It’s Friday again and time for me to share five of my favourite posts that I’ve read this week. This week’s Friday Fabulous Five are: Dear Beautiful reflects on whether…

The Friday Focus – 17/10/14

This week’s word of the week has got to be: Firstly, I took the plunge at the beginning of the week and went self-hosted – launching the blog with a…

A tearful hubby looking at me having skin to skin with Jessica in the neonatal unit

Finding joy in the tough times

Joy, for me, is more than just being happy. It’s a much deeper emotion and one that isn’t just linked to happy times. Some of my most joyful moments have…

A photo of me and my dad on my wedding day

An ode to my dad

This coming Sunday (19th October) would have been my dad’s 81st birthday.  I would always try and go home on his birthday and he used to love having all the…

Wicked Wednesday

Linking in with Brummy Mummy of 2 for Wicked Wednesdays:

A heart with the text "Heart to Heart" on one side and a picture of hands making a heart over a child's chest with the text "A linky for sharing posts about CHD"

Heart to Heart – October 2014

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…

Sophie breastfeeding

Breastfeeding and anti-depressants

The last few months have been a struggle for me on the mood front. With hubby being away so much over the last few weeks, everything came to a head.…

Monday Memories – 14 years on

It is 14 years today since hubby and I first got together. 14 years since I walked out of the student house I was living in and told my housemate…

Making a move

This weekend has seen a very big milestone for my baby girl as Sophie took her very first couple of steps on her own and was so proud of herself!…