Little ray of sunshine
Throughout the last few days with my ill family – you can read about that here here and here – one little person has kept…
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The Gallery: Old
This week I’m sharing an old (ish – 11 years) photo of someone very old. My Nana. Like all the old (that’s pre-2009 to me)…
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Granny and Grandad
My Grandad died seven years ago today. He was a gentleman. A caring man, who loved his sport, loved walking, loved chatting to people. He was…
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Christmas dinner
Christmas dinner in our family isn’t the easiest thing – with vegetarian and nearly vegetarian, food intolerances and some serious fussiness. But I think dinner…
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‘Twas the night before Christmas
Could there be a scarier time for parents than Christmas Eve? I love it, but it terrifies me. At bedtime on Christmas Eve, the kids…
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Santa Train
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve and time for a favourite family tradition. The Santa Train has been an annual Christmas event since my eldest son was…
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Christmas past
For his homework recently, my younger son had to talk to a family member about what they remember of Christmas as a child. So he…
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Christmas day part 1
So we are doing Christmas day at our house this year. I use the term ‘we’ fairly loosely because it’s actually my husband. I am…
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The two and a half hours that changed my life
My eldest son started Beavers when he was 7 1/2 and in Year 3. Because he’s one of the youngest in his year, many of…
