The day I stopped running

05/05/2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

A friend had visited the day after Chris was diagnosed. The limbo days when we were waiting for the chest scan results. When we weren’t sure if this would be fightable or not. I was a bit lost. Lack of sleep had made my head fuzzy. I struggled with my emotions spilling over and I […]

When the Tears Came

04/05/2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

We knew, before we got the results of the biopsy that Chris had cancer. The GP had told him as much, the tumour had spread indicating strongly that it was malignant. When we went to officially get the results there was no shock about what we were being told, there were no tears or anger. […]

Month in a Minute – April 2016

02/05/2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

I know it’s probably clichéd but April really was a game of 2 halves. The end of March saw us all full of colds, the weather miserable and us becoming a little stir crazy at home. This seemed to roll into the beginning of the new month, with no ones mood improving. Despite us doing […]

Pinch me I must be dreaming!

30/04/2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

I never dreamed I would ever be writing this post. A post about being shortlisted for a blogging award. A blogging award! I have to keep saying it, reading my blog name in the list, checking they’ve not removed it and this was all some kind of mistake, just to make sure it’s still true! My little […]

Good weeks after tough.

23/04/2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

It really is a rollercoaster. Life. When you think you have reached the lowest point, you’re hurtling towards a lower dip. When you have experienced a high you’re not sure this particular ride can get much higher, then it does ever so slightly. It’s so fast-moving with twists and turns you struggle to keep up. The […]