A mum is a person to be looked up to. A role model for her children to aspire to and also the glue that holds a family together. A dad of course is also the glue that holds a family together, but when I lost my mum things changed in a big way and I…
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World Cancer Day
Read moreToday is World Cancer Day. A day that I couldn’t let go by without writing about it. My sister and I lost our mum to ovarian cancer almost 11 years ago. I wrote a post not long ago about how I feel about it and how it still very much has an impact on my…
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Life’s not fair
Read moreLife’s not fair. I’m pretty sure that’s a statement that everyone has said at some point in their life whether they’re young, old, rich or poor and it’s true. Life simply isn’t fair. I lost my mum to cancer when I was 18 years old. My twin sister and I had to watch as she…
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What is a mum?
Read moreFirst of all – Happy Mothers Day to all of you wonderful mummies! Today would have been my mums 60th birthday. Sadly she’s no longer here as she passed away almost 10 years ago aged 50. She had ovarian cancer. Today I’ll be with my children, husband and mother-in-law. We’ll share a tasty lunch and…
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The Kindness of Strangers
Read moreWhat is a good deed? Well, according to answers.com: ‘Good deeds are spontaneous acts of kindness, accommodation, generosity, benevolence, charity, assistance, help, sympathy or aid, all performed with the simple intention of being helpful and no expectation for compensation of any kind.’ In light of this, this tells me that a good deed is a…
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Help us help Bliss and CRUK
Read moreLast year my husband and I started our very own charity campaign. Our aim is to raise £1,000 for Cancer Research UK and £1,000 for Bliss, the baby charity. We’re so pleased that so far we have raised a total of £701.00. As well as asking friends, family and complete strangers to donate to these…
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Charity Update
Read moreThe last charity update I published was on the 11th of November. I thought I would post another little update now to let you all know how our fundraising efforts are going. If you don’t already know, Twin Daddy and I are trying to raise £2,000 for Cancer Research UK and another £2,000 for…
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Bon Marche Breast Cancer Heart Motif T-Shirt Review
Read moreBonmarche is the UK’s largest womenswear value retailer for women over 50 years. They pride themselves on offering quality clothing with appropriate styling, great value and in a wide range of sizes, along with outstanding customer service. Bonmarché was established in 1982 by two brothers who began their business on market stalls and opened their…
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Cancer Research UK Campaign For Standardised Tobacco Packaging Products
Read moreEvery year in the UK 207,000 11-15 year olds take up smoking – that’s 570 children every day! Addiction keeps them smoking into adulthood, where it then kills one in two long-term users. Since tobacco advertising became illegal in the UK in 2002, tobacco companies have invested a fortune in branded packaging to attract new smokers. Most…