And so another September rolls around. Our third since Alexandra passed away. After the great summer we had I got an uneasy feeling about September appearing. The air changes; you can feel the coolness on the breeze that the seasons are changing. Despite the numerous painful anniversaries; it is still my favourite time of year.… Continue reading September 2018 – Alexandra’s Month

  My to read pile has, of late, looked a little bit too much like Stacey’s Mum’s reading pile in Gavin and Stacey. After battling through a biography of Mary Greenhow Lee (I wanted a sweeping life story and instead got a collection of academic essays each having the same thesis) I had lost my… Continue reading Ask me his name – a book review

In Girlguiding we have a song about making friends: Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other is gold. A circle is round, it has no end. That's how long, I will be your friend Well, we all know friends come and go but the precious few we should hold on… Continue reading You got a friend in me

I’ve followed Jess (The Legacy of Leo) and her campaign Ignite Your Lion Heart for a while now. I guess I’ve followed the “big hitters” in the baby loss sphere for a long time. I’ve dipped in and out not really participating until this year when I decided to start this little blog. I now… Continue reading A walk over the top

Last summer I stumbled across a clip of Lou Conran on Facebook. She stopped me in my tracks. She was talking about her daughter whom she lost and how she was going to perform a comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe. The premise seemed odd to me but even in the darkest times you can… Continue reading I Love Lou C

NOT A SPONSORED POST! At the start of July O and I had a little day trip with my tinder Mum friend Laura (we met through the app MUSH!) and her little boy. Yorkshire Lavender is in the village of Terrington the Howardian Hills of North Yorkshire. The drive was about 75 minutes from Leeds… Continue reading A trip to Yorkshire Lavender

I've read a few entries on different blogs regarding friends from the parents' point of view. I thought it would be useful to hear from a friend looking in so these are Emma's thoughts and feelings about us losing Alexandra. Emma: I can remember exactly the moment that Claire and Andy told us that they… Continue reading Grief looking in