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9 months & 11 days

January 13, 2011 by

Fly high, little boy. Second to the right and straight on till morning. I miss you with every bone in my body, every glance of my eye, every thought that passes. Be somewhere beautiful and don’t look back.

Filed Under: Freddie Tagged With: baby loss, child loss, grief, life after loss, losing a child, neonatal death

Money can't buy you love

January 9, 2011 by

I know they say that – and it’s true – but nothing beats a birthday where the people who love you go out of their way (and some way out of their pocket) to give you gifts that will bring masses of joy and pleasure. Look at that; 1000’s of hours of reading, knitting, lovely […]

Filed Under: Cookery, Fimo Models, Knitting & Sewing, Uncategorized Tagged With: birthdays, cakes, cooking, craft, fimo models, home, home making, knitting, knitting yarn, rowan wool

While it is true one should not rely on a spell check…

January 8, 2011 by

3 different spellings of one word in so short a notice is just NOT GOOD.

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Inspiration for Aspirations

January 5, 2011 by

A while back I read something about it being unkind to give a child unrealistic expectations. It was just a thought, one I was not privy to the background of, but I’ve thought and thought and pondered and pondered about it. I’ve wondered if it’s true? I’ve wondered if it is right? I’ve wondered how […]

Filed Under: Home Education, Thinking Tagged With: educating at home, education outside school, Home Education, home schooling, teaching children at home

Plans – do we carry on?

January 3, 2011 by

Over the last few days, Max and I have started to vocalise some of the feelings we currently have about being a home educating family from the perspective of where we find ourselves now. The conversations are hard, if I’m honest. I don’t think there is any doubt that right now, as a commitment, home […]

Filed Under: Home Education, The Girls Tagged With: educating at home, education outside school, Home Education, home schooling, teaching children at home

Separate

January 2, 2011 by

Dear Freddie, Today you should be nine months old. Today marks the day when you should have been a person in your own right for as long as you were part of me. Today you have been out for as long as you were in. Today is the day when, some say, pregnancy for a […]

Filed Under: Freddie, Letters to Freddie Tagged With: baby loss, child loss, grief, life after loss, losing a child, neonatal death

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