We’ve not had snow here in our town. The line of settling snow stopped 10 miles above us and we only got the tease of flakes that didn’t stay. It isn’t quite winter without snow; last year never felt right because it never even seemed to get cold. Today I cashed one of my family […]
The ringing bell.
He’ll never grow out of Christmas, The bells will always ring, And if there are angels anywhere, It’s them who he’ll hear sing. They say that he’s a star now, I wanted to show him the moon, To hear the gleeful chatter Of the boy who went too soon. I don’t believe in heaven, But […]
Clever Gifting for 3 Year olds with Older Siblings.
As another Christmas threatens to roll down on the family with the weight of a dumper truck, I do my normal helpless gaze around of the beleaguered mother; first I have to think of new and original gifts for 5 children and then I have to find somewhere to put them. When a little boy […]
The Gallery: Yellow
We went to the library, to see the lady read the books – and she read some books about Spot. Oh Spot… you and I have been friends a long, long time now. And afterwards, they do drawing. And he picked up the yellow pen and, with great deliberation, drew a yellow circle. And […]
Sponsored Video: Choosing wisely for a bright future.
We flowed from the high of GCSE results day to the final decision on what Sixth Form Fran would attend, to last minute tweaks and changes to A Level choices and the scheduling in of enrichment activities around personal commitments. And all of it, for the first time, was judged up against the future. Lists […]
And now she is 10.
My youngest little girl is ten. One of my friends said something yesterday that I’ve been thinking all week. When my big girls were ten, they were practically grown up. Josie is still just a baby. Surely, she is still just a baby? But she isn’t. She is, as all ten years old girls are, […]
Almost 3.
He’s almost three. It’s hard to believe there was ever a time when he wasn’t firmly at the centre of the family. He talks ALL the time now. When he doesn’t know the word he find a way round it. When he can’t get us to do his […]
Our 5th Remembering. #WaveOfLight
I can wish for the days when being part of the Wave of Light hurt so badly I wanted to collapse inward under the weight of my own dying star. I ache for the pain. I remember that this day pulled me low and broke me all over again. It no longer does. I regret […]
Big and Little.
I was beyond tired today, of the worn out and grumpy and tearful with it variety. Fran let me go back to bed. When I woke up, they were deeply embroiled in kitchen stuff. There was a lot of mess (which they tidied up; result!) There was a lot of hard work. There was a […]
Simple Things
We had 3 days apart this week, Bene and I. It was too long really, though I had a marvellous time. And he was fine. This morning was perfect, him waking up to find me in the bed I wasn’t in when he fell asleep last night. There was pure delight in his eyes. It […]
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