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Continue reading →: “Everything” Feels Like Too Much
There are days when everything feels like too much. The to-do list is endless: clean the house, tackle the garden, care for the kids, cook, work, plan family days, declutter, organise, manage, maintain, renovate and—somewhere in between—try to feel the sun on my face. It’s overwhelming. And when the overwhelm…
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Continue reading →: The Daily Struggle of Keeping Hope AliveIt’s hard. Really, really hard. Every part of you is devoted to keeping your child safe. Focused on the good things in life, and ultimately, keeping them alive. You think you are breaking through the walls they’ve built, only to be struck by a comment, that makes you realize you…
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Continue reading →: Cooking Up Connections: How Yellow Recipe Bags Are Bringing Communities Together.As some of you know, I volunteer at Faithworks Foodbank. Faithworks has many facets to it and one of them is an amazing initiative called SMILE. SMILE provides support, activities and friendship to lone parent families, whose goal is to create a community of families who support each other and…
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Continue reading →: As I lie here in bed at night….Feeling this terrible pain The crushing weight of guilt A mothers guilt tearing at my heart Did I show ‘I love you’ today Did I make you feel heard today Did I make it clear how proud I am Or did I not do enough? I wanted to take you…
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Continue reading →: Roots of OneDear Single Parent. With this poem, I hope you always remember that your strength is the foundation upon which love blossoms. In the early hours of dawn, when the sun is just creeping up above the horizon, I stand alone, rooted in the soil that is building my family. With…
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Continue reading →: Breaking barriers: Unveiling the role of a Parent Champion in supporting parents of children with SEND.In 2017, after nearly 4 years of what felt like a major battering , from all sides, the crusade for supporting Child 1 culminated in a diagnosis of Autism. At that time, I came across Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA), a form of autism defined as “PDA is widely understood to…
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Continue reading →: Zoo-tastic Adventure: A day of fun and learning!A surprisingly successful and fun day out at Marwell Zoo
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Continue reading →: A Little Poem about Resilience.(Shared this on our Facebook page a few days ago) I Don’t Want to be Resilient. In the quiet of the night, where shadows softly creep, she finds herself alone again, too tired to even weep. Her children dream in peaceful slumber, unaware of her fight, while she wrestles with…
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Continue reading →: Unveiling the Heart of Jimmy’s: How this Foodbank is a Beacon of Hope and Support for ManyPoole Food Bank+ and Lifecentre, otherwise known as Jimmy’s (https://faith-works.org.uk/locations-across-dorset/poole-food-bank-dorset/), is based opposite St James’ Church by Poole Quay. A welcoming space that is warm, inviting and open 4 days a week (Tuesday to Thursday 9.30-12.30 and Friday 9.30-12). I first came across Jimmy’s last year when we were in…
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Continue reading →: How did we achieve a successful family evening out?As the kids grow older, some things have become easier. I don’t have to watch them like a hawk should they fall over or make sure they aren’t trying to stick things into plug sockets. I don’t have to get up to make them their breakfast and even get a…
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