This week has been a bit of a mixed one – there have been happy moments but also moments of feeling overwhelmed, stressed, tired and fed up with everything. Such is the nature of living with grief. Highs followed by crashing lows; joy interspersed with sorrow; emotions that are rarely uncomplicated. Some days I navigate… Read More
We’re now back home again after spending six days travelling on trains and buses to go from John O’Groats to Land’s End and home again on our JoGLE for Jessica. I’ll be sharing a more detailed account of our journey over the next few days on the blog, but we enjoyed our adventure on the… Read More
This past week has been another busy one, starting with two days of celebrating Thomas’s birthday – his birthday itself and then his birthday party the next day. We’ve also been enjoying days out and ticking things off Sophie’s summer activities list. Rehearsals for The Sound of Music are continuing over the summer and it… Read More
Last Friday was the Girls’ and Boys’ Brigades awards evening. Sophie was very proud to be awarded the four badges that she worked for this year, her church parade attendance badge and a certificate and book for being the winner of the Explorer marks competition. As you can imagine, it was an emotional… Read More
This last half-term of Sophie’ s reception year is full of bittersweet moments. All those little milestones that I remember so well with Jessica. Moments that Sophie should be sharing with her big sister; where I am so very conscious of the huge hole in our lives where Jessica should be. Sophie had… Read More
Sophie has been enjoying doing lots of performing this week. Last Friday was the dress rehearsal for her Girls’ Brigade display which she’ll be performing in tonight. I’m looking forward to watching her take part although it will be emotional too, knowing that her sister should have been there taking part right beside her. … Read More
It’s been a bit of a bumpy week overall. There have been a lot of moments when I’ve been struggling, but they have been mixed with happy moments too. Hubby is away in Germany at the moment so I’m flying solo yet again. Thomas has been unwell with a viral-induced wheeze so hasn’t been his… Read More