I’ve written before about how those of us who’ve lost a child need to let our other children fly, let them be ‘normal’ if there is any such thing. With Alexandra living in Paris to a very large degree I don’t have sight of what she gets up to on a daily basis, but I … More 365 Happy Days – A smile a day – Part 33
A couple of long drives to rugby matches this weekend gave me lots of thinking time, and lots of singing time! I’ve always loved music, my earliest music memory was of a Cliff Richard Album – Cliff in Japan – being bought for me when I was 8 years old by my Auntie & Uncle. … More 365 Happy Days – a smile a day – Part 32
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
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
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
I’ve had such a crazy, busy, wonderful weekend I haven’t really had time to sit and put fingers to keyboard; sounds really odd compared to pen to paper! But who does that much these days? I’ve also spent a lot of time thinking about whether to write about what’s been on my mind in the … More 365 Happy Days – A smile a day – Part 22
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