Todays #10wks10yrs post is about Maddy. It’s written with her permission and explains why one of the biggest elements of our life at times through the last 12 years has almost never been discussed on the blog. *** The internet is full of support blogs about children living with Aspergers and Autism these days. They […]
See the sun again.
April has come and gone. It was hard this year. Hard because it will always be hard. Hard because it fought against the Spring and the sympathetic balm of warmth and light that is normally so familiar, so sweet, so sad, did not come. Hard because there was no fug of new baby warmth and […]
The Ten Things That Make Me & Us.
A person, a family, are far more than a collection of things, ailments, personalities, looks, interests and abilities. What I notice more than anything about having a large family, is how we all alter with each other; each little change brings about something new. With the exiting of Amelie from every day home ed, Maddy […]
Moment.
This blog is suppose to capture moments. I thought Maddy's mockingjay pin from The Hunger Games, made in lego, was just so extraordinarily beautiful it deserved a post of its own. She is a genius, that girl.
Popping with Pride.
Just for once I’m not going to blog about my children. I’m going to tell you about my mum, just for a moment. You might have seen the Channel 4 documentary about the “Bionic Man” are project about seeing how far we can go in reconstructing a human from the inventions medical science have created […]
By the Smurfs! Maddy is 13!
I think I got my cake making badge today. Maddy turned 13 in the week, celebrating it on a day out to the Spring Fair with Max and opening the latest ever family birthday presents at 9pm 🙂 She let me save the cake till the weekend so I had more time (thanks Maddy) and […]
Why I'm quiet.
There are all sorts of reasons. One is I’m spending my evenings listening to the Wee Free Men books while making this. Another is I’ve been making these. Because I really want to get back to selling handmade things this year and I have masses of plans and not much time. Then there is crawling […]
Small pleasures.
I’m sat up, alone, at midnight with a Baileys and my crochet and Wee Free Men to listen to and the Christmas lights to look at. I can be grateful and sad and optimistic and regretful – simultaneously – and not mind the company of any of those thoughts. It’s as good a place to […]
It's not the end of the world, but…
While half the world was being stupid about some calendar that ran out of space today, we were facing something a bit different. Today was Maddy's endocrinologist appointment to discuss her enlarged thyroid. Yesterday we had blood results that told us that she had reasonably significant levels of antibodies in her blood, indicating that her […]
Where was I?
You may have noticed I was away last week, on our annual trip to a youth hostel with friends. I went away intending to do some work in quiet moments but the youth hostel had poor signal and Bene and I were enjoying each others company, plus I had the company of all my very […]
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