The festive season is now upon us and we started off ours with an afternoon at the school Christmas fayre followed by the Christmas light switch-on. I find the school fayre hard these days – walking around the school that Jessica should have been going to; seeing her friends and wishing she was… Read More
My husband is always a tricky person to buy presents for. There is nothing he needs and he generally buys the things he wants for himself. He’s not the only person I struggle to buy for though; the same is true for my mum and a few other people in our families. Giving money or… Read More
One of my happy memories from our last family holiday with Jessica was a ride on the Isle of Wight steam railway. The girls loved the steam train ride and we took our last family selfie during it. For our first family holiday since losing her, we were invited for a day out to see… Read More
Merry Christmas to all my readers. I’m taking a break from the blog over the festive period but just wanted to say thank you all for reading my ramblings and for your love and support this year. It’s been a tough one for us but we’re getting through the festive period as best we can.… Read More
One of my many happy memories from summer last year was our walk along Hatton locks. The girls had a wonderful time helping a boat through some of the locks. Hubby and I considered taking them on a narrowboat holiday at Easter but decided against it, partly because of our concerns about Jessica’s health at… Read More
I found it hard to find the right Christmas card for hubby this year. Most of the ones in the shops had sentiments looking forward to a “magical Christmas” or “the best Christmas ever” or “making happy memories” and other similar thoughts. Trying to find one that expressed what I wanted to say – that… Read More
Last year’s festive day out enjoying A Winter’s Tail at Chessington World of Adventures was a special one for us. It was our last family day out before Jessica’s Fontan procedure and it was such a magical one for our girls. They loved meeting Father Christmas and Jessica particularly loved the Gruffalo notebook gift she… Read More
