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Month: July 2018

Today at Jelly Nursery – Show and Tell

Today at Jelly Nursery – Show and Tell

I introduced Jelly nursery in a post last year and it’s still going strong. Whilst we don’t play it as often as we used to, it’s still a favourite with iBear and it’s also still giving me little insights into her school life.  We have some new children in the class this year, all of them appearing around Christmas time….So in addition to the 7 kids already in attendance we now have Annabel, Rob and Robson.  Say hello kids! During…

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My life began when you were born

My life began when you were born

I became a parent for the first time just over five years ago and my life changed overnight. I became the one thing I’d wanted to be for as long as I can remember. A Dad. But, I also changed as a person too. My life began on that day. It happened a lot later than I originally thought. Becoming a Dad at 37 was 7 years ahead of the plan I had in my head growing up. But then life…

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Thinking of what might have been

Thinking of what might have been

  Today, July 6th 2018 marks 4 years since we miscarried our, would have been, second child.  Emotions are high so I wanted to try and get my thoughts down on paper, so to speak.  In an ideal world Two children was always the plan.  Both my wife and I have one other sibling, as do our parents. So I guess that family unit was engrained on us from an early age.  The plan changed somewhat when our first was born.  People…

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