On the outside looking in

You know the movie scene. It's a cold night. It's usually snowing, possibly Christmas. There's a lone person standing outside looking in through a window. They are looking at a family by the fire having fun and laughing. I've felt like this over the last two years, like I'm on the outside of it all... Continue Reading →

Christmas isn’t over!

I decided to put the Christmas decorations away today. The Christmas chocolates are almost all gone, and I needed to clear everything away to really get into gear for the new year. As I was carefully winding the lights around the piece of cardboard, I heard the postman dropping a few letters through the letterbox.... Continue Reading →

Thank you to those who see us!

I wanted to say thank you to those who have supported us with the journey with Azariah & those who have covered us in prayer. Support has come from unexpected places, believe me! And sadly, it hasn't come from some expected places. I can't tell you how overwhelming and scary it is and has been.... Continue Reading →

World Mental Health Day

I didn't know it was World Mental Health Day until this morning. This last week my Mental health has struggled, it's felt like a hard week. On Tuesday I started an online group 5 wk course for PTSD. On Friday it was 2 years since we lost Baby J to a miscarriage. The nanny has... Continue Reading →

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 have to be sacrificed for now.

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 20 week scan provided us with information that would tip our world upside down in ways we couldn't even imagine.

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