So I've been stuck in Psalms for months. Not because I don't love Psalms (I do), but because I was trying to do something different with this blog, and it didn't really work. I was trying to list and count all the emotions I identified throughout the book of Psalms. But in the end, it [...]
50. 50! FIFTY! Blimey, it's getting real now! Anyway, we've had a really special week, and most of it was spent in Retford, celebrating my Dad's retirement and birthday! My Dad is truly the most hard working person I know and to spend so much time with him this week has been wonderful. There was [...]
Heya! I'm a bit late with this one, so let's get cracking. We've been to: the park to sample their famous blue ice lollies, St Giles hall for a teddy bears picnic with some children from Sophia's year at school, the shops, the Beyond Monet experience in Liverpool, St Giles, Cheshire Oaks, a picnic at [...]
As World Breastfeeding Week 2025 has just finished, I find it's time to write a very long overdue blog. Breastfeeding. Beautiful, brutal, bright, bloody, brilliant breastfeeding. My journey began in pregnancy. How would you like to feed? Midwife Carol asked. I'd like to try to breastfeed, if we both can. Why? Thinking back, I must [...]
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