I had some lovely news today, Luke’s closest friend Oli sent me a message on Facebook showing a photo of the twins his partner is expecting. He’s going to be a Dad and to twins! That’s amazing news, Luke would have been absolutely thrilled! Such news brings a tinge of sadness as well as joy … More 365 Happy Days – A smile a day – Part 31
The Christmas/New Year period can be a really difficult time when you’ve experienced loss, all that joy and happiness going on around you can be very hard to cope with. The start of another year without your child being a part of it seems somehow unbearable. New Years Eve is a night I’ve always … More 365 Happy Days – A Smile a Day – Part 30
I’m going to write, carefully, about a subject that’s been on my mind for a while – Dating Websites! And the part they played in helping me keep my sanity after Luke died, but also to warn of some of the dangers. Finding myself on my own in early 2011 I found out all about … More 365 Happy Days – A smile a day – Part 29
When I started writing this blog in September I really had no idea what direction it’d take, I just knew I wanted to get lots down ‘in print’ – share some of my thoughts and maybe help others find a way to cope with some of the things life throws their way – I hope … More 365 Happy Days – A smile a day – Part 28
Christmas 2014 – that means this is the 6th year without Luke, the 1st year without my Mum and the year my husband passed away too. Bob and I were separated but goodness his loss has awoken a lot of emotions; we had 16 years together and although we both did things to damage our … More 365 Happy Days – A smile a day – A Christmas Day Post
I’m coming back to my blog as I travel home from Paris, having spent the weekend with my family. Both of my brothers and their kids as well as Jake and Kerry; Alexandra and Gautier her now fiancé, after a romantic proposal over the weekend, of course live in the beautiful city. Both of my … More 365 Happy Days – A smile a day – Part 27
In a bid to spread my thoughts on life and loss I’ve joined a couple of Facebook pages; reading those pages today it makes me so sad to see so many people, especially mothers struggling to cope. To read it feels as if their lives virtually ended with the loss of their child. I would … More 365 Happy Days – A smile a day – Part 26
Having started to recount what was a very difficult time in all of our lives I feel the need to keep going; that time’s been on my mind a lot today and all sorts of things have come back into my head. I have smiled and laughed a lot today, I do every day really, … More 365 Happy Days – A smile a day – Part 25
It’s been a few days since I’ve written here, things have been a bit hectic. That’s how I like to keep my life these days; largely because I enjoy all the things that I find myself doing, but also because I don’t do sitting around doing nothing so well. This evening I’m not long back … More 365 Happy Days – A smile a day – Part 24
As a big cricket fan the tragic death of Phillip Hughes the Australian batsman has been at the front of my mind over the last few days as I’ve watched the footage of him playing and talking, and read and watched the incredibly touching tributes to a star of the game. More importantly though in … More 365 Happy Days – a smile a day – Part 23
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