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A family blog capturing our daily life and adventures as a family of six - the calm, the chaos and the moments in between.

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Halfway through the year and I've decided to do so

Halfway through the year and I've decided to do something I've never, ever done before and take a whole month off from client-facing therapy work.
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I'll still be working on some big things behind the scenes that I'm excited to eventually share, but right now I need a long overdue rest and the chance to get back to my 'why'.
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I'm also heading off to @clickawayconference in Chicago next week and I can't wait to reconnect with friends, learn a heap of new stuff (@meg_nlo @leanna_azzolini_photography @ashleymarstonphotography @nataliegildersleeve and @therealdanaleigh I'm looking at you!) and be inspired to get creative with my photography again.
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In between classes I'll be exploring the city as much as possible so I'll be sharing some travel stuff too.
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If you've been to Chicago before leave me some suggestions of things to see, places to visit and hidden secrets that I need to discover in the comments below - all suggestions gratefully received.
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#clickcommunity #leavingalegacyp52 #mamaintheframe

☀️Summer Solstice☀️ . Creating space for t

☀️Summer Solstice☀️
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Creating space for the magic to happen
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#clickcommunityhunt22 #blooms #summersolstice

The twelve-year-old's flip flop suntan is coming o

The twelve-year-old's flip flop suntan is coming on nicely....
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#adailyoccurrence #storiesoftheeveryday #hopefilledmoments

Half term feels like it was forever ago already. F

Half term feels like it was forever ago already. Five (and a bit) weeks to go til summer!
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I think I might bring back the summer bucket list this year. We made one every year when the girls were little and it kind of faded away as they got older. We used to have such fun and random things on there and those were the ones that definitely made the best memories.
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What activities would you put on a summer bucket list?!
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#summerbucketlist #tinybigadventure #adailyoccurrence

I'm not really sure where May disappeared off to b

I'm not really sure where May disappeared off to but somewhere in the midst of the chaos Mimi turned fourteen 🥳
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It was an eventful birthday (when is it anything else when this one is involved 🤦‍♀️😂)... an unexpected altercation with a football at school meant we spent the evening in A&E getting her hand x-rayed, but not before she insisted on opening all of her cards and presents one-handedly because #priorities
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Mimi, never stop being you: you're our whip-smart, enormously creative, unendingly sarcastic, super imaginative, hysterically funny, artistically talented, expert at eye-rolling, wild one and we love you for everything that you already are and everything you are becoming.
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#thisisfourteen #storiesoftheeveryday #adailyoccurrence

One second a day, every day, in May 🌿 . . . . .

One second a day, every day, in May 🌿
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@1secondeveryday #1SEme #onesecondeveryday #momentsmatter

Peonies will always be my favourite and my best 🌺
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@bloomandwild #bloomandwild #wildaboutflowers #flowersmakemehappy

She did it! This little superstar had her first da

She did it! This little superstar had her first day back at school today after twelve long weeks of being home with me.
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I am so monumentally proud of her. She faced all of her challenges, managed to stay there for the full day, and has even said that she wants to go back tomorrow.
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Her resilience, bravery and determination are qualities that I hope she keeps with her forever. I've told her (and her sisters) over and over again that they can do hard things and today she proved to herself that she can do anything she puts her mind to
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I'm hoping with all my heart that this is the first step along a path that takes her back to being my happy little girl again.
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#proudmama #adailyoccurrence #storiesoftheeveryday

That freckle on her shoulder 😍 . The teeny, tin

That freckle on her shoulder 😍
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The teeny, tiny details will forever be my favourite thing to capture. I want to remember it all.
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#thingsiwanttoremember #thisdetailedlife #storiesoftheeveryday

"Trust the timing" is a phrase that has been showi

"Trust the timing" is a phrase that has been showing up in my world for several months now.
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I've waited and encouraged and explained and hoped and held space and gently nudged and wiped away tears and given cuddles (and got frustrated and cried my own tears and begged and felt lost).
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I knew she wouldn't do it until she was ready. I knew she would have to be the one that made the choice. I knew she'd get there eventually.
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After twelve long weeks of refusing school, she's decided to go back. Just for one day to try it out and see how she gets on. Baby steps. But still progress. And for that, I'm grateful.
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#honestmotherhood #loveourbigkids #theteenage_hub

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