When I first started this blog just under a year ago, I never realised just how much blogging would take over my life. Here are ten things that are now true for me as a parent blogger: 1) You go on a day out and spend the whole day mentally reviewing it in your head… Read More
I’m somebody who likes to surprise my close family members on their birthdays, perhaps with an unexpected gift that has the personal touch or a surprise visit – such as the time I walked in an hour into my mum’s surprise 60th birthday at just the point that she was saying what a shame it… Read More
Lent is traditionally a time when we focus on giving up something – such as chocolate, alcohol or meat. Last year, I took part in 40 acts, a generosity challenge from Stewardship that focuses on the giving side of giving up in Lent – 40 different challenges across the 40 days of Lent. I looked… Read More
January has seen little shifts in the time we spend together as a family. Jessica started preschool at the beginning of the month and often hubby has been able to go into work slightly later on those two days so that he can stay at home with Sophie while I take Jessica to preschool. It’s… Read More
February – a month that is all about hearts. Hearts, flowers, chocolates, Valentine’s cards. For me as a mummy to a child with a complex congenital heart defect (CHD), February also has added significance with regards to hearts as it is National Heart Month, with Heart Week taking place from 7th-14th February. Since my daughter… Read More
Having so much time with hubby around over Christmas and New Year was blissful and then it was all over and back to normal life with a bit of a bump. In the busyness of day-to-day life it can be all too easy to slip back into bad habits again and start taking each other… Read More
After the rollercoaster ride of my pregnancy with Jessica and her first year undergoing several open heart surgeries, it was a huge relief when all appeared well on scan with Sophie. I was looking forward to a normal pregnancy, a normal family life, being able to enjoy my newborn baby without the fear that I… Read More