January has felt like a very long month. Lockdown restrictions, broken sleep and the joys of juggling home-schooling, work and other commitments have been a struggle along with the ups and downs that are part of living with grief. We’re not able to get outside as much as we like which I think also hasn’t… Read More
I’d hoped at the start of this month that our family photo for December would be taken at Coombe Mill on Christmas Day. Sadly, the rise in coronavirus cases and our area going into Tier 4 a few days before we were due to go meant that our only break away this year had to… Read More
Sometimes family life is all about grabbing the little moments where you can, in amongst the busyness of life, and the overwhelm that always seems to be come at some point in the run-up to Christmas. This month has been a tough one in so many ways. We’ve found the second lockdown harder than the… Read More
Our Me and Mine photos this month are quick shots at home, grabbed in the few minutes we could manage before my husband had to leave for work. These somewhat grainy, hastily grabbed photos of the five of us sum up October quite well. It’s been a busy month of juggling a few too many… Read More
One of our Me and Mine photos back in March came from our last big family gathering before lockdown – my mum’s 80th birthday. Six months on, we gathered together as a family again for another special occasion – my twin sister’s wedding day. Two special celebrations, two happy days, two very different events. How… Read More
August has been all about trying to make the most of family time together. We’re still very much in our little family bubble at the moment whilst being aware that the bubble is about to pop. For the last few months, life has been focused on our little family unit with occasional ventures out into… Read More
Life feels like it is returning to more of a sense of normality this month. Hubby is working in the office and studio more now, and is starting to do some events again, albeit in quite a different way to the days before lockdown. We’ve started venturing out a little more for family days out,… Read More