Life has suddenly become a lot more fun this week as Sophie has started crawling. Yes, my baby is now on the move and getting around at some speed. Life has become a lot more interesting as a result. It now feels like I am constantly diving to the floor to pick up stickers, pieces… Read More
Today is my fifth wedding anniversary and so my word for this week has to be love. My husband’s love has helped me keep going through all the struggles of the last five years. From losing my dad a few months after we got married, to finding out our first child had a serious heart… Read More
This word for this week has to be writing. Tuesday marked the start of Camp NaNoWriMo – a writing challenge where I set myself a target word count (20,000 words) for the month and get together in a virtual cabin with other writing friends so we can help encourage each other on. Camp NaNoWriMo takes… Read More
This week, we’ve been making the most of the sunshine and enjoying a few outings. Last Saturday, we had a fabulous day out at Peppa Pig world with some of the other heart families from the ward where Jessica was cared for following her heart surgery. Each year, the park gives some free tickets to… Read More
Being back from holiday means facing an inevitable mountain of laundry. Thank goodness for washing machines and good weather. Four people and one fortnight’s worth of laundry has meant my washing machine has been working overtime this week just to get the laundry pile back to more manageable proportions. The fact that… Read More
This week it’s all about: Jessica loves numbers. Going in lifts and going around the supermarkets provide many happy moments for her because of all the numbers. She can now count up to thirty and will happily spend many a supermarket trip looking up at all the aisle numbers: “Hello number three! Bye-bye number three,… Read More
This week can be summarised in the following word: Coming back home and unpacking from a weekend away, planning a holiday, getting used to the new car, trying to sort out travel insurance for my daughter which will cover her heart condition, editing the church magazine and putting it together ready to be printed, trying… Read More