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 her heart journey a few weeks before she was born. Since her arrival, we have got to know other heart families, in person through our… Read More
One of the things I find challenging as a heart parent is dealing with people’s assumptions about my heart child. While many of them are well-meaning, they can be frustrating. Here are some of the assumptions that we have encountered. 1) “Oh don’t worry, my friend’s brother had a hole in their heart… Read More
Our journey as a heart family began just over three years ago at a routine 20 week scan. We arrived at the scan that morning as excited parents-to-be, looking forward to seeing our precious baby on the screen. We left the hospital with our world falling apart around us. Being told that our child had… Read More