After a chat with my family last night and having been asked the question “have you got any news” and finding the answer was “no, not really…pretty much same old, same old” I thought to myself, perhaps this week it is time to share some news! If you read last weeks blog you would have […]
Last week I said that I’d share the recipe Daf and I created as one of our “date jar” activities, so to stay true to my word…here it is. I love trying to think of different flavours that go together but often need some inspiration. During the February half term, Daf and I were fortunate […]
Daf and I have never been particularly good at “date night”. Early on the pressure to do something super original and fun or ensure we had a great time was too much. We now often struggle to think of something to do, forget, put other things first, don’t want to do what the other wants, […]
A couple of weeks ago we had a zoom catch up with some lovely folk and heard about all the things those that don’t have kids are planning to learn/master during this weird time of extra time. There were some fun and creative ideas, but none I felt I could possibly achieve with a young […]
I thought today it might be nice to write something which can draw us away from the topic that seems to dominate most of our conversations at the moment. By no means am I suggesting that it is not important and real, but I do believe a distraction is valuable now and then. Therefore, I […]
So here we are again. The days are long, the weeks even longer, but the moments are still there. As we battle through this time together I cannot encourage you more to keep tracking your “highs and lows” of the day (a wonderful dinner time conversation introduced to us by some very dear friends). The […]
To encourage you all, this week has been significantly better. Having taken my own advice last week we have gotten off to a much better start. I’m in no fairy-tale way thinking that this is it now, we’re sorted, but that with different expectations we are more prepared for the long game. Today, I thought […]
I don’t want to say much today. I feel too much is being said. So just a very little pause for thought: H is for hope. Hope spurs faith. Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Find peace. O is for opportunity. Seize the day. Be kind. Be […]
Before becoming a parent one of the things I used to resent was standing, freezing my butt off, with other mums in the park, watching their children swing, slide etc, and only having the usual snippets of conversation as the parent tends to falls, friendship upsets, sibling rivalry etc. But, since becoming a parent I […]
I feel confronted by a challenge at the moment, and one I have to admit, I don’t yet have the answer to. I’ve been pondering it regarding myself for a while but am questioning the importance of instilling these values into our kids; the next generation. One of the things I struggle with as a […]