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Jessica recovering from her third open-heart surgery

Jessica’s handmade heart

My daughter Jessica was born with a congenital heart defect (CHD) called hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). This is a complex CHD where the left side of the heart doesn’t form…

Silent Sunday

Black & White Photography Project Week 12

This week’s black and white photo was taken at the coffee morning I held at our church this weekend to fundraise for Little Hearts Matter.  During October, members are being…

Mealtimes with small children

Mealtimes with little ones can certainly be a challenge! Here are ten rules that definitely seem to apply: 1. Only 10% of what your child is offered (with the exception…

Blackberry picking

One of the things on our autumn activities list was to go blackberry picking. As it was a little late in the season for blackberries, we went to a local…

Friday Fabulous Five #4

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:   Katie at Pouting in…

Word of the Week – Heating

With the mornings starting to become quite chilly, we have now started to put on the: I know it seems very early to be starting to put the heating back…

Words and music – the toddler versions

“I hear sum-der, I hear sum-der Hark don’t you, hark don’t you? Pretty pretty raindrops, pretty pretty raindrops I’m wet through, so wet through”  My daughter Jessica’s version of “I…

One of those days

It is just after five in the morning As you awake to the baby’s loud cries The hours of sleep you could count on one hand And it’s so hard…

Wicked Wednesday