Little Hearts, Big Love - Finding gratitude amongst the grief of life without our heart angel
Menu
Skip to content
  • Home
  • About me
  • CHD Awareness
    • My heart child
    • Jessica’s story
    • CHD posts
  • Child loss
  • Christmas
  • Country Kids
  • Crafts
  • Days out
  • Outdoor fun
  • Family
  • Reviews
  • #30dayswild
  • #365daysofgratitude
  • Guest posts
  • Disclosure and Privacy
    • Privacy notice
    • Cookie policy

Tag Archives: #366daysofgratitude

Friday Focus 27/12/2024 – Christmas

27/12/202428/12/2024
The word 'Christmas' in red bubble writing with a sprig of holly drawn over the 'i'

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 my children’s perspective at least!     Christmas is a tough time of year for us as a bereaved family. Jessica is missed so very… Read More

10 Comments
Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email

Friday Focus 20/12/2024 – Preparations

20/12/202420/12/2024
The word 'Preparations' in red bubble writing

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 else that’s been going on. Thankfully most of the presents are now wrapped, and those that needed to be sent off have been sent, and… Read More

6 Comments
Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email

Friday Focus 13/12/2024 – Achievements

13/12/202413/12/2024
The word 'Achievements' in purple bubble writing

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 Santa for having the best Christmas jumper at his Anchor’s session last week.     On Saturday, we had the dance school Christmas party, where… Read More

12 Comments
Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email

Friday Focus 06/12/2024 – Panto

06/12/202406/12/2024
The word 'panto' against a doodle of a stage

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’. Sophie had her last couple of rehearsals for ‘Snow White’ and her opening performance was yesterday. She was so excited at getting to do panto… Read More

14 Comments
Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email

Friday Focus 29/11/2024 – Walk

29/11/202429/11/2024
The word walk with a doodle of me walking forming the letter 'k'

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 a walking group on Monday mornings since the start of the year, but this week I thought I’d try some of the other walks that… Read More

16 Comments
Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email

Friday Focus 22/11/2024 – Milestone

22/11/202422/11/2024
The word '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 have lived this life after Jessica for as long as we were blessed to have her in our life. 6 years, 7 months and 8… Read More

14 Comments
Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email

Friday Focus 15/11/2024 – Busy

15/11/202415/11/2024
The word 'busy' in yellow with black stripes with a doodle of a bee next to it

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, several meetings to attend and a football match for Sophie as well as the usual weekly activities. It’s been full-on and quite draining at times,… Read More

7 Comments
Share
  • Pin it
  • Share
  • Tweet
  • Email

Posts navigation

1 2 3 … 21 22 Next Page

I'm Louise, mummy of three - Jessica, forever six, who was born with half a heart and lives on in mine; and heart-healthy Sophie (born 2013) and Thomas (born 2018). I blog about living with grief after child loss, crafts, days out and the little moments of family life.

Follow me

  • X
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • YouTube
A square cartoon showing the Little Hearts, BIg Love logo with four interconnecting hearts (3 red, 1 blue), cartoon drawings of a woman, a toddler boy, a little girl, a little girl with angel wings and a man and text above "finding gratitude amongst the grief of life without our heart angel"

Top Posts

  • What can you do at Chessington World of Adventures with little children?
  • #30DaysWild - The ladybird life cycle
  • Crafting with kids: a simple lighthouse craft
  • My darling, you're growing too fast
  • What it means to be a heart parent

Categories

  • CHD Awareness
  • Child loss
  • Christmas
  • Country Kids
  • Crafts
  • Days out
  • Family
  • Parenthood
  • Reviews

Blogging awards

“BiBs
BritMums
Mummy in a Tutu

I’m a member of:

Sticky Mud and Belly Laughs

Archives

Site made with ♥ by Angie Makes
Angie Makes Feminine WordPress Themes

We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website.

You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in .

Little Hearts, Big Love
Powered by  GDPR Cookie Compliance
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

You can adjust all of your cookie settings by navigating the tabs on the left hand side.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.

If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.