Apologies for the long post, I'm attempting to cram four weeks worth of memories into one post. Here's what we got up to over Christmas: Youth Group Christmas Fun We host the youth group once a week at our house. As they had mock exams close to Christmas (they are 15-16 yrs) we decided to…
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Christmas Traditions: Annual Christmas Party
Just wanted to add a quick post to my Christmas Traditions page. We began this only three years ago, but it feels like I can say it is now an annual tradition. The first year it was just Nik's family and mine; the second Lorna and her family joined in and this year was the…
So….
.....the older children were doing evening chores when I noticed T13 seemed to be doing more wandering around than work. I pulled him up on this, saying 'Son, you don't seem to be doing an awful lot of work right now.' To which he replied, with a twinkle in his eye, 'I'm moving my muscles…
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!! I can't believe it's 2016! Oh my goodness....where does time go? I have had a thoroughly relaxing, nurturing few weeks which I needed more than I knew. There is beauty in the mundane and ordinary once more; life looks brightly coloured and full of hope; I am dreaming lazily about the simple…
Yearly Wrap Up
This past year has been a year of trying out new things; attempting to be courageous in the face of timidity and juggling all the things life throws at me without dropping any balls. It has been a year of God challenging me on topics I don't wish to be challenged on; of asking me…
Christmas Traditions at Angelicscalliwags
This blog is primarily a gift for my children. It is the legacy of their childhood. The best bits, the memories, successes and trials for them to look back on as adults. A gift of love and of the treasure of our family life. I don’t want to forget, but I also don’t want my…
To be Young Enough to Dream….
My son asked me to listen to this. We listened to it together, my head resting on his shoulder, his head resting on mine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vjyq02xBSk 'It's about mums,' he murmured. 'This is how I feel.' Be still my beating heart <3
Because I Luvoo, Mummy
My little four-year old sidles up to me and slips me piece of paper. She gives me a gentle kiss on the cheek. 'Because I luvoo, Mummy.' And she wanders off. I look at the piece of paper she has been labouring over for the past hour or so and tears fill my eyes. B4 had…
When Teen Angst Hits….
....everyone needs a brother like T13. Today has been a tricky day with emotions running high for my eldest twin. This time of change from child to adult has been hard on all my older three children, although T seems to have come out the other end. I am very grateful to have journeyed with…
A letter to my Girls Part Three
I have been shocked by how hard it has been to write to only one of you, instead of to both of you. I do my best to treat you as individuals rather than as part of a pair but writing this has made me realise just how close you have always been. And this…
A Letter to my Girls Part 2
You were the sweetest natured little girls ever known. I have heard that twins tend to be easier than singletons and I can confirm from my experience of you two that this is true. You were always smiling, from the moment you woke: to moment you snuggled down together at night: And all the minutes…
A Letter to my Girls: Part One
The girls have requested a letter just like I wrote for T last year. Thing is, I have found it hard to write. I'm not sure why, but I think their twinship has something to do with it. Anyway, I thought I would start with their story together, which is how they began their life.…
Brokenhearted
It is Wednesday morning and I am sat at the computer. The girls are next door making all sorts of cards and my son is upstairs. I am sad today. Sat on my lap is my gorgeous moggy George. He is 18 and dying of cancer. Since his diagnosis he has been living on my…