Off you go...
Off you go baby girl, off into the world...your first day of independence, your first day on your own - a big 3 year old, a big kinder...
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Dec 14, 20223 min
Broken rules
It's been a long time between posts - not because I've had nothing to say but because I’ve not had my hands free to type it. Instead my...
May 1, 20222 min
Bereaved Mother's Day
Today on Bereaved Mother’s Day I remember my precious Nora- I remember her every day of course, but today is a day that is just for her...
Apr 13, 20223 min
A different kind of milestone
198 days. That is how long we have held our precious baby boy in our arms. It is also the same number of days we were blessed with our...
Dec 16, 20212 min
Five Christmas Stockings
This year five Christmas stocking hang in our home. Five glass baubles glisten on our tree. Five little faces feature in our timeline of...
May 17, 20213 min
A cuddle with Nora
Let me share a story. It's a story I have often thought back to over the last few months, unsure of what others would say. It's a story...
Mar 15, 20213 min
Our heavy reality
It's been a while since my last post. Not because I haven't had anything to write — but because sometimes grief weighs so heavily that...
Jan 14, 20212 min
One little conversation
We were sitting outside a beach town bakery, our last day of our family holiday. An old man with a walking frame ever so slowly...
Dec 22, 20203 min
It’s been one year…
The thing about time is that it just keeps going. It never stops, never slows. This is a harsh reality to live with when you're...
Dec 9, 20203 min
The sound of sobbing
The thing about motherhood after loss is that the memories are never too far from the surface, the triggers are plenty, and the heartache...
Nov 17, 20203 min
Sometimes becoming a parent doesn't happen the way we imagine...
We imagine we will meet our babies as they're placed in ours arms — but sometimes we meet them from outside a glass box instead. We will...
Nov 12, 20203 min
My heart outside my body
I remember the moment I first met my son. I remember so fondly the sweet euphoria that seemed to envelop us in all things good — the...
Oct 30, 20203 min
Tug of war in the park
It was a sunny morning, a welcome change from the previous three days of rain. Maeve looked up at me with her I'm-too-cute-to-say-no-to...
Oct 19, 20204 min
Rainbows after our storm
The year 2019 was a hard year for our family - a beautiful but hard year. Beautiful because we got to meet and kiss and touch the newest...
Oct 15, 20201 min
A day for our angels
Our angels do not get many days that are all about them. Their special days will forever be just their birthday and their death day (if...
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