Three years have passed to the day that my NHS wheelchair arrived. It feels so long ago, yet in typical cliche fashion as if it happened in the blink of an eye too. I remember the day and the feelings … Continue reading Three Years Passed

Earlier this week my 6 year old son Sullivan and I went out to Penge, our hometown. After a few horrible weeks of being predominantly stuck in due to illness, exhaustion, lengthy and traumatic hospital appointments, a breath of Autumn … Continue reading He Should Be Walking

To clean, or not to clean, that is the question. Well, not really. Everyone needs to clean to a certain extent even if you’re a natural-born mess maker like me but what happens when you physically can’t clean anymore? We … Continue reading To Clean Or Not To Clean

There’s that well-known saying… I am truly blessed with amazing parents who would move mountains for me, and I them. In fact these past few years would have been impossible without them and I will forever be grateful to them … Continue reading The Family We Choose

I wanted to share something that has changed a big part of our life recently. As most of you know, we home educate Sullivan. This is a genuine pleasure to experience 99.9% of the time but the 0.1% that has … Continue reading Let’s Learn : Times Fables

I thought I’d do a little life update. We all like those once in a while, right? A lot of really eventful and sometimes awful things have happened to our family over these past few years and it’s something that … Continue reading Life, Oh Life

Recently, we’ve been nurturing our own Painted Lady caterpillars to study and watch grow in to beautiful butterflies, which I will make a separate blog post on once our babies (yes, I’ve become stupidly attached to them) have transformed. We … Continue reading Let’s Learn : Dinosaur Plants

A few weeks ago Sully and I were taking a slow stroll down the road, enjoying being able to get out safely again after the snow (ice and wheelchairs do not mix well!). Suddenly we both spotted a brightly painted … Continue reading Love On The Rocks

I got tagged in a music prompt yesterday which inspired me to make this little post. The challenge was to post 10 music albums that have had an impact on you throughout your life. I’ve done a few of these … Continue reading Play on

What have my husband and I been doing this past week? Disability Living Allowance forms for our 6 and a half year old son. 70 questions. 70 questions is a lot of questions. 70 long and involved questions that on … Continue reading Celebrating Our Positives