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Yes – I’ve found the summer holidays hard

by Stacey August 28, 2018August 28, 2018

Most parents I know seem to look forward to the summer holidays; weeks of fun, plans, and days out with their little ones. Spending quality time, making precious memories. But, I’m not most parents. I’m one of those that dreads the summer holidays. After working hard on my mental health over the last few months and writing our summer bucket list, I have to admit that for the first time in as long as I can remember, I was actually looking forward to the holidays. Spending quality time with the boys, and making and documenting some new memories.

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Our 2018 summer bucket list

by StaceyUpdated on November 12, 2019August 1, 2018

You may have seen the cheesy meme going around recently; you know the one, where we only get 18 precious summers with our children so we must make the most of them. That’s all well and good, and to an extent I agree. But sometimes, just sometimes; we may have had enough, want a break, want to pull our hair out; just want them back at school! And that’s fine, too. I’m not going to lie, I really struggled with them last summer. We were going through a really difficult time with Jacob and his behavioural issues, which made it …

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10 years wed | A letter to my husband

by StaceyUpdated on July 20, 2018July 11, 2018

Dear “The Husband”, That’s what I usually refer to you as on here, but today I’m going to use your actual name, Paul; the one I said during our vows 10 years ago. Looking back to 13 and a half years ago when we met and began dating, we were both young; not sure if we were going to be long term. But then six weeks later, you asked me to marry you – and I obviously said yes! Marriage would have to wait though, as I was heading off to University in nine months time. For many, that could …

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Battling anxiety in baby steps

by StaceyUpdated on May 30, 2025June 22, 2018

If you’ve been reading the blog recently you may have seen me talking about how anxiety has been kicking my arse a lot. I’ve been managing my mental health with antidepressants for quite a few years now, and I’ve always managed to get back into the swing of things quite quickly; not so much with this latest flare-up, though. It’s not the worst I’ve ever had, but it certainly does feel like the longest.

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Our April & May favourites | Holiday, The Deep, and rock hunting

by Stacey June 15, 2018June 15, 2018

Well, it’s been a while again; the last favourites post I wrote was for March which now feels like an age away! Once again, like for the first couple of months of this year, this is going to be a two in one post. I mentioned in a recent post that I haven’t been blogging a lot lately, but I’m slowly trying to get back into the swing of things. I can’t believe it’s the last term of this school year though and it’ll soon be the summer holidays; it’s gone way too quick! And then, I’ll have both my boys at full …