Category: Homeschooling

Our Christmas begins on Christmas Eve. It was a little different this year on account of the addition of Charlotte’s lovely boyfriend, Ads, who now lives with us, and the fact that Thomas now works for the Church and as such Christmas is the busiest time of year for him. Thomas worked Christmas morning, so……

I pray that, regardless of all the difficulties 2020 has brought, you will all have a blessed Christmas and a truly wonderful 2021. Thank you for all of your support during what has been for me one of our hardest years. Thank you for your prayers and encouraging messages and emails. You have helped me……

What a great week, apart from today when we received a bill of £260 for a ten minute appointment with the neurologist (which we knew about) plus a £160 bill for a five minute telephone call to give us the brain scan results (which we were not told about). This definitely was a horrible ending……

A great week of workbooks and interest led learning, not so much Edwardian stuff, which is a bit worrying as we are meant to be finishing the Edwardian Times in three weeks time. Crumbs! This post is going to be photo heavy as we have spent the morning getting tested for Covid as part of……

My boyfriend and I had been together for about two months when my health started to get bad again. I think we had just passed six months when it all fell apart, and remained fallen apart. We had many conversations, by which I mean I sat on his bed crying while we tried to figure……

Dare I say it, but life is definitely taking a turn for the normal. Apart from a leaking roof and Ad’s rather nasty ear ache, we are all doing well and working hard without the anxiety surrounding Charlotte bringing us all down. It has been a good week, not least I am sure, because the……

Mixed in with all the stress and terror of the past two weeks of dealing with Charlotte’s ill health, there have been pockets of very precious moments, as we all sought to find the beauty in our day to day life. In the midst of worrying about Charlotte, I had noticed Thomas was struggling. He……

Thank you all for your phenomenal response to my request for prayers. I have had messages, emails and blog comments galore, and I am honestly so grateful. The past two weeks since Charlotte started fitting have perhaps been the worst two weeks of my life. For three years we have battled through one symptom after……

It seems that we sort out one thing and another thing rears it’s ugly face. Over the past few days and nights, Charlotte’s seizures have become more frequent (happening every three minutes or so, even when she is asleep) and stronger. She has described the change as being more juddering. Ever since they started two……

Wow, what a week! It has been super busy, super stressy and yet super rewarding as well. Where to even start? I guess the most important news is that Charlotte finally got a diagnosis for all her symptoms over the past three years. My mum offered to pay for her to go and see a……

Sometimes it feels like the sickness will break you. But sometimes, God intervenes, and suddenly that same sickness is what makes you. Read my daughter’s thoughts as she navigates the stormy seas that are her illness: Misdiagnosed Diaries: Entry Two

I have done every type of birthday post under the sun, and as this is the last one before adulthood (or maybe the first one at the beginning of adulthood) I thought I’d get everyone involved who spends lots of time at our house, especially over lock-down (social distance rules adhered to of course). I……

It was 4am early hours Sunday morning. Pitch black. I had been struggling to sleep and was feeling restless, and anxious. Lillie burst into our room, yelling that Charlotte was having seizures and I needed to come. Not knowing what to expect we tore upstairs. Sure enough, Charlotte, whilst being fully conscious and aware, was……