When my Father passed away last year we were faced with a mountain of grief we are only just beginning to process – this is of course to be expected. What I didn’t expect was the depth of the sadness at the prospect of saying goodbye to Sapgate Lane – a house which has been… Read More Half a century of memories and the grief of saying goodbye to our family home.
The NHS is celebrating its 75th birthday today and I know if my Mother had been here she would have been waving the biggest of flags. Born in 1948 just like the NHS, Joyce Cook, my Mother spent more than 30 years working as a nurse and midwife. She died aged just 51 – but… Read More NHS 75 – My Mother the Nurse
To the shock of us all my Dad passed away quite suddenly on May 6, after a very short illness. I had the honour of writing and reading out his eulogy at his funeral on the 31st and I’ve put it below. I wanted to share with you a bit about our childhood and what… Read More Saying goodbye to Dad
Dear Harry Tomorrow is the most important day of your life – except it’s not. It feels like it is, and it feels like the culmination of every single thing you have ever worked for in your entire life. Twelve years of hard graft, of homework, tests, projects, reading, more homework, more tests, choices, course… Read More A letter to my son on the eve of his GCSE results
Mother’s Day is here again and like so many who have lost their mother I’ve struggled during the run-up to it. The barrage of non-stop advertising on social media and television has been relentless and it’s hard to escape. It’s more than twenty years since my mother died of cancer; she was just 51 at… Read More Mother’s Day and grief – shouldn’t I be over this now?
If there’s one thing that is always the topic of conversation among parents of babies it is sleep. It dominates everything; a good night and you can take on the world a bad one and everything seems unmanageable, lots of bad ones and it starts to impact on your mental health. I spoke to Jenny… Read More Five ways to get your baby to sleep
*This is definitely not an Ad. All paid for fair and square! The one thing you can be sure of when you have a baby is you are going to spend money, and lots of it. I was more than happy to splash out on some things for Seth but when it came to bibs… Read More Bibado Review
I’ve spent the last six months walking around the Worth Valley with Seth in the pram so I thought I’d write down my most regular walks. Lord knows us mums need a good boost of the old caffeine and sugar so all these walks include cafes. Haworth Loop 1.5 mile Starting point postcode BD22 8DH… Read More Six pram-friendly walks with cafes
It’s 15 years since I had my first baby, so when I found out number two was coming it was an amazing surprise. You can read about that here.However, one thing I had not bargained for when Seth was born in February is how much I had forgotten from the first time around.He’s now six… Read More Seven things I’d totally forgotten about having a new baby
Pregnancy after loss … Read More Strategies to help with pregnancy after loss