It’s been a week of focusing on theatricals with various rehearsals and preparations for upcoming performances.     It’s show week for Sophie as she’s performing in Made in Dagenham tonight and tomorrow and we’ve had all the excitement of getting into the theatre and the tech and dress rehearsals. My husband has been involved… Read More

We’ve been making the most of the lovely sunshine and the lighter evenings this week and have enjoyed a couple of late afternoon trips to the park. The nice weather has helped make my mood a little lighter this week too. There have been grief-storms, but there have been lots of nice moments too and… Read More

It’s been nice to have some little pockets of time to do various things this week. Sophie’s ballet class was cancelled last Friday which meant that we had time to get the scooters out and go to the park after school rather than the usual rush to get out to activities.     Sophie enjoyed… Read More

We’ve had a busy week of performing with Sophie competing in a dance festival last weekend and then taking part in Energize, a music, dance and drama festival which various schools take part in. She and some of her classmates are taking part in two performances – one yesterday which my husband and his parents… Read More

Things have been somewhat chaotic this week in the LHBL house as we’ve been having some work done on our heating system having discovered a small gas leak last week (eek!). It’s resulted in us having a new boiler installed and the gas pipes being re-routed underneath the floorboards in the upstairs hallway and Sophie’s… Read More

This week has been all about working through things. We’ve had another significant milestone on our grief journey with Thomas overtaking Jessica in age, and working through all the emotions that have come with that. I often use the analogy of being on a boat on a stormy sea to describe grief. On the whole,… Read More

This week has been an emotional one. There’s been moments of joy and things that have made me smile, alongside intense grief-bursts and feeling stressed and angry, moments of feeling very low or anxious, and moments of calmness and feeling more rational about things.     The high point of the last week was watching… Read More