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Book Bench Challenge part 4 – Bloomsbury Trail

05/09/2014

Our fourth and final book bench trail was the Bloomsbury trail. With just 15 benches left to find, we were determined to finish off our summer Book Bench challenge. Our trail started at St George’s Square, which was a burial ground back in Georgian times (one of Oliver Cromwell’s granddaughters is interred there). It was… Read More

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Word of the Week – Thankful

05/09/2014

My little miracle Jessica turns three tomorrow and so this week’s word of the week is: Looking back over the last three years I have a lot to be thankful for. I am thankful for: All the wonderful medical staff that have cared for Jessica since she was first diagnosed and especially to Dr Wilson… Read More

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Me and Mine (August)

30/08/2014

It’s been a bit of a mixed month for us with regards to family time. Hubby spent the first half of the month working away on an event. Whilst we enjoyed having a stay at Nanny’s whilst he was away, we missed being together as a family, and so it was lovely to be able… Read More

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Alton Towers and CBeebies Land

29/08/201413/02/2015

Like a lot of toddlers, Jessica is a huge fan of CBeebies and as soon as we heard that CBeebies Land was coming to Alton Towers, we knew we would have to try and take her at some point. As we walked through the gates and headed in the direction of CBeebies Land and she… Read More

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Word of the Week – Adventures

29/08/2014

Hubby has had a few days off work this week and so we’ve been enjoying being away on a little holiday together and having some I’ll be blogging more about what we’ve been up to over the last few days later on, but we’ve been having lots of fun travelling around and hunting for gold… Read More

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My inspiration

28/08/201420/11/2015

My biggest source of inspiration has to be my beautiful daughter Jessica. As most of my regular blog readers will know, Jessica was born with a congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, which basically means that she has half a working heart.   She has endured several rounds of surgery (including one procedure whilst… Read More

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A special moment

25/08/201420/11/2015

Today’s BEDAOutmumbered prompt invites us to capture a moment from our day and share it. We had a lovely special moment at the weekend whilst visiting friends with Sophie taking her first few steps  using their daughter’s baby walker I stood her at the walker so I could take a photo of her with the… Read More

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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.

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