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Liability and Acceptance
I’ve been thinking about writing this blog post for about 2 months. At the start of September we organised a ‘not back to school’ picnic for local home educated kids and families. We met at a local park, there were… Read more ›
Finding your WHY when trying to lose weight
It matters. It matters a LOT. I lost my way a few months ago, on my weight loss journey, I questioned Herbalife, questioned the products, the plan, myself, single-use plastic use and Plastic Free July gave me the excuse to… Read more ›
Accessible Family Day Out
Once upon a time I had my heart broken on a family day out. My thoughts for our future shattered and jilted in one day out. Miss W was only 2 or 3 years old but already a wheelchair user… Read more ›
Support for families of children with disabilities
I’m struck this week, in particular, how little support we ACTUALLY get as a family. Both Mr T and Thing 1 have been ill for a few days, which has actually made the last two daytimes a damn site easier,… Read more ›
Happy June!
Wow, June already. Doesn’t seem more than days ago that I was saying the same about May! 🙂 We decided this week that we needed to spend Saturday in our woodland and orchard, strimming and clearing away the long grass… Read more ›
Homemade Mixed Nut Milk
Non-dairy milks are pretty poor when it comes to calories, so we make our own mixed nut milk, which sits in the fridge and used in blends when needed. The constitution varies as generally it’s handfuls of whichever nuts we… Read more ›
I’m feeding my daughter sugar just so she can go to school
I can’t believe I’m doing this. I’m sitting next to my 5 year old’s bed as she struggles with secretions in her sleep, waking so regularly that there’s no point in me going to bed. This isn’t usual, this is… Read more ›
This Man of Ours
This man holds his little girl while she goes to sleep in his arms every single night, sometimes with tears from her, sometimes not, sometimes with tears from him. He then waits the half an hour it takes for her to go into a deep sleep and carries her upstairs into her little bed next to ours. Read more ›
From Baby to ChildÂ
Every child goes through that stage where they are still a baby yet not quite. Somewhere between three and four years old you realise one day that your baby is no longer a baby. They’re something else, a little sapling,… Read more ›