Little Luna is 10 months old today. What an absolute joy she is. Friends of ours recommended a puppy, or at least told us how much it...

I've not been well. It's just a cold. Although I'm not sure any illness is "just" anything these days. I felt like a pariah for simply...

How can 9 months have past, it seems both an eternal amount of tine and no time at all. With schools starting back and people getting...

Sometimes there is a desire in me to fill with self pity and decree "It's not fair." At times like this I try and remind myself that...

It has been a busy few days, school, work, kids activities, wine. My head has been swirly with it all. I've wanted to write but somehow...

Yesterday the local high school went back, yes in August! So my son started year 8, Lauren would have been year 10, but obviously she's...

We've just returned from our third break away during the school holidays. There was definitely a determination on our part to get away...

Two weeks of isolation came to an end & we headed to the lakes. It's hard to describe how amazing it felt to be in the great outdoors...

Can't believe we've got here, 8 months since she died, how is that real. I wonder if I'll always count the months or whether, like with...

Lauren's death has forced me to live in the present. Remembering the past, the happy,contented previous me is painful. Thinking of a...

As most of you know I'm currently in self isolation with the family. It's giving me lots of time for thinking, so I'm trying to keep it...

Day 1 of self isolation. I think it's going to be more difficult than I imagined. I'm tired. I drank too much wine last night to combat...

So when one of my friends suggested I have the option to "nominate a mate" for my 5k a day to Alderley I hoped I'd never need it. To...

We are just getting ready to return from our first holiday, the first one as a family since Lauren died. I'm not counting the airbnb we...

I'm reading the best book at the moment, not necessarily my favourite book ever, but definitely the best book for me at the moment. It...

Well that's the first week of walking completed. Over 70km covered already. It is a constant action that I am aware of as soon as I...

So it was Lauren's birthday on Sunday, and, in the morning, I could feel the burden of it. The week had been difficult, for one reason...

Today marks the 7 month anniversary of Lauren's death, 7 months of this alternative reality. Tomorrow is Lauren's birthday, her...

The week leading up to Lauren's birthday is hard enough without being thrown another curve-ball. Yesterday I had to take my son to A&E,...

This Sunday it will be Lauren's 14th Birthday so I am a ball of nervous, emotional energy. I'm attempting to keep busy but my attention...