Next week most schools are back for the year and I’ve noticed that there’s a bit of a shift happening in many households at the moment. We’re all creeping back closer to school starting and so our language may be changing with our kids, things like “we’ll need to start to get you to bed… Continue reading BACK TO SCHOOL ANXIETY
We recently celebrated my daughter’s birthday and as usual I had lots of fun pulling all the details together. Traditionally I have always celebrated with quite a big party for her birthday, however this year we decided to go a bit more low-key and so she asked to have her closest friends over for a… Continue reading TIME TO PAR-TEA
A few months ago I received some truly awful news that one of my friends had died. The first emotions I experienced were shock, sadness and confusion at her passing away at such a young age when she was vibrant, fit and healthy… then the next piece of news came - her life was taken… Continue reading THE UNSPOKEN GOODBYE
It’s creeping closer… you can feel the air begin to change, all of a sudden there are roses for sale everywhere, soft teddy bears holding hearts in store windows, cards declaring love for sale in every shop and you realise it’s nearly here…. Valentines Day…. or as my daughter likes to call it 'Hearts Day'.… Continue reading HEARTS DAY
This morning I attended my daughter's final school assembly for 2018, and it was such a surreal feeling. I remember sitting in her very first assembly at the start of this year, watching her with pride as she walked in with her class. All of the little munchkins in their brand new school uniforms, with… Continue reading GRATITUDE AND GROWTH
