I’ve been wrestling with writing this post for six weeks now. Six weeks ago, on 7th February 2018, it was the third anniversary of my Dad’s death. As is natural, I thought about Dad a lot around that date, and felt a whole mixture of feelings that I’m only just beginning to untangle, which is…
Considering that February is the shortest month as well as being my least favourite month of the year, we’ve certainly packed in plenty of lovely things over the last four weeks. I normally find February difficult – partly because of the grey dreariness of the last dregs of winter but mainly because it’s the anniversary…
I always find January to be a bit of a contradictory month. In some ways I feel sad that the joy of the Christmas festivities is over and yet another part of me can’t wait to get the decorations down, get back to normality (for a little while anyway) and embrace the slower pace. Likewise,…
When I was a child, I don’t think I was really aware that Walt Disney World was a real place. Of course I grew up watching all the films (my favourites were Aladdin and The Little Mermaid) and I knew all the words to every song but I didn’t know that there was an actual…
We are halfway through January already and, as ever, I’m not really sure where the weeks have gone. They seem to have passed by in a bit of a fog of flu (the husband, Ella and Lola this time – Mimi had it over Christmas and thoughtfully shared it with them. I’m still germ-free thank…
Back in December I read this post by Suzanne from Inside, Outside and Beyond and I loved the idea – something about it just piqued my curiosity and I started wondering about what my year would look like in numbers. I sat down to write and quickly realised that I was really going to have…
I’ve not been feeling particularly festive this year. I’m not sure why, I’ve just not been able to summon up that special brand of excitement that usually accompanies the month of December. I’ve not felt stressed or overwhelmed either, just… flat. That’s the only way I can think of to describe it. I didn’t want…
Just over a week ago we welcomed two tiny new members into our family. No, I’ve not had a well-hidden pregnancy that I’ve kept secret from everyone and no, we’ve not adopted. Well, not human babies anyway… After we lost our boy, Pumpkin, we were all devastated. We still are. Not a day goes by that I…
After the ridiculous craziness of September and October, we all needed November to be a quiet month. Ella and Lola thoughtfully shared their horrid cold with me, so I spent several days at the beginning feeling like death warmed up and we’ve stayed relatively close to home most of the time. As a result I’ve actually…
We lost our boy. It happened just over a week ago. He didn’t come home on Saturday night. He always comes home. He’s never stayed out all night. Ever. I wasn’t too worried at first – my Mum was visiting for the weekend and I was showing her all of my photos from Colorado and…