The problem with having a large family is that when one gets ill, the rest tend to follow quite quickly. This means you don’t just have to deal with one bout but several, sometimes different illnesses in quick succession, tend to hit one after the other. We’re all pretty fed up with it… Read More
There have been varying degrees of illness for the last six weeks. Yes, six weeks. As soon as one child recovered, another came down with something-or-other. Then two weeks ago this happened: Eddie came to the breakfast table sporting a red, spotty number. Chicken pox. I incorrectly worked out that eight of… Read More
Mike takes over today’s blog as he describes the day Paddy finally met his hero. We hope you enjoy it! Regular readers will know of Paddy’s interest in cooking. He might only be eight-years-old but this is the child who can make his own pasta and can even gut a fish before making a… Read More
My favourite place to be is at home. Our house works very hard to take care of all of us. Each of us has our own favourite spot to be in the home too. For me, I love it when we’re all in the kitchen. I might be cooking our evening meal, and some… Read More
Since deciding to sponsor Hilario he has become one of the first things I think of when I wake in the morning, and one of the last things I think of before going to sleep at night. We talk about him and about how we hope his life will be and we talk… Read More
Last week I had a bad dream concerning one of my children. I don’t want to go into details but it was enough to wake me and check on the child in question, to make sure they were still safe. Throughout the night I kept waking, the repercussions of that dream coming back every… Read More