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Check out my latest blog posts for insights and inspiration on our journey!

  • Planning a holiday with CHD ain’t that simple

    Planning a holiday with CHD ain’t that simple

    Are you planning a holiday for your family? We have been thinking about it but after advice from our Cardiac Liason Nurse, we realise taking an overseas holiday at this time just isn’t that simple. Living with a Congenital Heart Defect really does mean there is a lot more to consider & some things may…

  • Heart Month: Diagnosis day – the day we became CHD parent’s

    Heart Month: Diagnosis day – the day we became CHD parent’s

    February is Heart Month, a time to raise awareness of all things heart. Our journey started the day we became CHD parent’s, which was the day we got his diagnosis. My faith had been rocked after having a miscarriage and now it was being tested again.

  • Our Rainbow Baby had open heart surgery at 13 days old

    Our Rainbow Baby had open heart surgery at 13 days old

    We decided to try again pretty soon after we lost Baby J at 11 weeks pregnant. Pregnancy after a loss can be very difficult and we just couldn’t relax or let go. We decided to wait until our 20 wk scan before we got our hopes up at being able to keep this baby. Our…

  • When I became a Christian, I honestly thought I wouldn’t be able to find true love

    When I became a Christian, I honestly thought I wouldn’t be able to find true love

    I had thought if I really wanted to get married that I was going to have to be with someone who just didn’t get me, and really put aside the things I was hoping & praying for in a guy. I’m not talking about simple compromise, or trying to tick those ‘boxes’ , but genuinely…

  • Saying Goodbye During A Pandemic

    Saying Goodbye During A Pandemic

    Last week, Marvin and I stood outside the local crematorium waiting for the service to start. Due to COVID, only the two of us could attend. How do you journey through grief when people are self isolating & socially distancing, cut off from your usual network of support?

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