STOP EVERYTHING !!!! Seasalt is coming to Cambridge. I feel we need some kind of trumpet noise to herald this joyous thing. As you all know, I wear stripes nearly every day of my life. A stripy top covers every occasion. And if it doesn’t, it’s not the place for me. I am so excited. […]
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Six months on….
Things I want to document, at 4.30am on Saturday 28 July. 1. My Dad died six months ago today and it was not the first thing I thought of this morning. I got up at 4.30am to let the dog out for a wee and because I was chuntering about the dog, it meant that […]
The Weston Family. A small, fluffy update.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING???? HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND? You and your family are always on the go. You work so many hours. You have so many commitments. For the love of ???? what are you doing? You are absolutely right. All of you who have told us all of the things – some more […]
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A very Cambridge lunch … at Pizza Express
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Making the most of half term
I am happy. It might be just for tonight. But hey, I’m happy. I want to make the most of our half term together – whilst also juggling everything Hope House Press related. Saturday started out well – we started to make a solar system and put together a car which came with entirely inadequate […]
“Bring out your dead”…. “Hang on, I’m not dead yet….”
“Bring out your dead”…. “Hang on, I’m not dead yet….” I love that bit of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I’ve been saying “I’m not dead yet” for years – for a wide range of purposes! So even though it sounds a bit strange to say it here, in relation to my own Dad […]
SATS – making them work for us….
SATS. I don’t know if I’m supposed to refer to them as sats, Sats, SATS or S.A.T.S. or something else? After an initial, misguided panic several months ago about them actually being important, we’re now taking a much more preferable approach to them – viewing them as something to be undertaken, and putting our best […]
Two months on…
Someone called me the other day – her Father In Law had died and she was struggling to help her Husband find words for a eulogy. I duly sent over my own words – with the caveat that just as I’d said, they were relevant and personal to me, my family and my relationship with […]
Seven weeks later. And all is well. Well, kind of….
Despite my expectations to the contrary, the world is still turning seven weeks after my Dad has died. How? I don’t know. But it is. So that’s a good thing. I’m grateful for all the messages and emails – from people I know and people who I don’t know but who read this blog. It’s […]
At the time, it was an incredible experience…
I wrote this before Christmas 2017. On Wednesday this week, I went to see my Dad. I’m doing my best to pop in as much as I can, even if it’s just twice a week. It’s much less than I’d like to be visiting – working one job, running a business and our boys […]
Things which have stopped me in my tracks…
Things which have stopped me in my tracks: Monday 16th April, 12.07. Noon Working in Canva. Setting up images for Hope House Press. Photos of my Dad that I used for his funeral service programme. I cannot believe that he’s actually died. These photos are all we have. He’s not coming back. There will be […]
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