So. A friend, or two, say you should start blogging and you think about it for a while and you think that maybe you will. You write about the first words a daughter says and how it feels when wasp larvae eat the caterpillars and there are a lot of Hama Beads and an awful […]
The Lullaby Trust
I've sung to Bene every day since I had him I think. I never sung to Freddie, not so far as I can remember, and it's one of my saddest thoughts. From very early on, Bene has been soothed by the sound of 'Yellow Bird', he knows its the sleepy song, he knows it means […]
The Food Frontline; how support changes futures.
Last year an amazing group of parent bloggers and I came together to support the trip that Sian went on to Niger, launching the #ShareNiger campaign to raise awareness of the plight of families struggling against drought and hunger. We now sponsor 11 beautiful children between us from Tera and the letters that come back […]
An Update on ShareNiger
If you were following me a few weeks ago when I posted about sponsoring children in Niger with WorldVision then you might like an update on what we have achieved so far. After a slow start, almost 60 bloggers came together to sponsor an incredible 11 children in the Tera region of Niger. 11 girls […]
Be part of something amazing for ShareNiger
Update: We stand at 9 child sponsorships and a total of just under £2500 pledged or donated. WorldVision are fully behind us and tweeting us out, in case you were concerned as to whether we have their blessing. I have included a screenshot of this at the bottom 🙂 A few weeks ago I posted […]
What I really learned at Cybher.
Last weekend I went to a conference designed for bloggers. I’ve been before to similar (as blogged previously when I went to BlogCamp and Cybermummy) but CybHer was designed specifically in response (I think) to some people feeling dissatisfied with Cybermummy being a little, shall we say, superficial. I sat next to Sian (CybHer’s erm.. […]
Clic Sargent and Scarlett Jewellery
The time we spent hanging over the cot of a desperately sick child was, in some respects, mercifully short. While I would have wished for longer with him, the job of a parent is to try to do what is right for a child and in Freddie’s case, making him stay alive to endure endless […]
Tommy's 5 Point Pregnancy Plan – Make a difference.
I have walked out of a maternity unit leaving my dead newborn son behind me. I have driven home, unaware that I left the building in my pyjamas and walked across the car park in socks and stared blankly at the car in front for a 20 minute journey home; that car had a ‘baby […]
Off to a good home while smelling of Persil & good intentions.
I’m sure we aren’t the only house which seems to end up with a completely insane number of cuddly toys. of course, owning a toy shop hasn’t helped, nor has the ‘tradition’ of a new animal each at Christmas every year (that mounts up in a family of this size!) and it does seem that […]
Co-operative Membership Fund Local Project Funding Opportunity
A few years ago I found myself in one of the loneliest places in the world. I found myself in a situation where it felt as if only I had ever experienced what I was going through and the very nature of it meant that I was silenced, wordless and largely alone. Where I was […]
