Day 26: Hair, Christmas Lights, Pirates, and Tears
It is safe to say that after i’ve written this post I will be heading straight to bed…I would put this off but I can’t. My head is full of the last 48hrs, my...
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Day 24: Bilbo’s Wall of Love
Day 24 After some rough days, today has been another good day. It involved a trip to Oxford for round four of chemo. It also involved a chat with the physio and some car...
What do Ellie Goulding, Wham, LEGO and potties have in common?
They all provoked a very emotional outburst… …today has been an emotional roller coaster. There were no hospitals, no treatments, no tantrums about medicine. Instead it was cancer breaking our hearts…and then utter kindness,...
Living Our Best Life: Legoland Discovery Centre Birmingham
We didn’t tell the boys we were going to Legoland Discovery Centre Birmingham until we were about 25mins away. I didn’t want to get anyone’s hopes up let alone Bilbo. And today has been...
Week 4: Our new normal
Normal…what is that? I don’t think we’ve felt remotely normal in the last 4 weeks. We don’t know what our new normal is and won’t for some time. I talked about my frustration with...
The Wondrous Road Ahead
Grieving A very wise friend of mine, sent me a few messages on whatsapp this week. What she said really resonated with me. It made me understand that the process we’re going through is...
After denial, comes anger AGAIN…
4 days at home We’ve been able to enjoy Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday at home no hospitals. I say enjoy, we’ve been on a roller coaster with our emotions. As we enter week...
Bilbo’s Happy Playlist
We want to create Bilbo’s Happy Playlist, after spending 5hrs in the car this week backwards and forwards to Oxford and knowing this is our life for 3 + years, we need some decent...
Day 9,10,11 – Cancer we Hate You
The last 3 days have been a lot to deal with, we knew they would not least because being at home, being almost normal made it really feel like the week in hospital was...
Help Bilbo Raise Funds for Cancer #Donate4Bilbo
#Donate4Bilbo GoFundMe We’ve been overwhelmed with love and kindness since sharing our news Starting a New Journey… We’ve had messages from across the globe, from friendship groups, our family, our colleagues and complete strangers. ...
