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Snow

The snow came overnight, swiftly, silently, so there was much excited shouting very early this morning. None of that excited shouting was from me, not at half past six in the morning. We had to go out this morning. I was glad it wasn’t my job to clear the car. I felt so sorry for [...]

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Snow day!

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Spiders

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CyberMummy 2010 introduction

I’m really looking forward to meeting those who are going to CyberMummy. Here’s a quick bit about me, memorise it because I will be testing you when we meet : – I blog about life with my children and have been doing so for the last nearly six years. I blog elsewhere lots too but [...]

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Lump

The doctor found a lump. In my breast. ‘It’s unlikely to be cancer,’ she said immediately as I sat in slight shock, my feet swinging over the edge of the examination table like a small child. ‘However I will be referring you straight away.’ And then I went home as if nothing had happened. Except [...]

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Joe

As I hold my poorly son’s hand, entwined through cot bars, I’ve been thinking of you. Almost ten, as we unpacked trunks, we found matching pyjamas, a shared birthday, destined to be friends. Then a few weeks later, when noisy footsteps came to get you and roused us from sleep, still their day but the [...]

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