She did it! and she was amazing!!
Louise completed it in 3 hours, 19 minutes and 7 seconds and I couldn’t be more proud of her if I tried!
I managed to see her twice on the route – at mile 14 and mile 21 and I didn’t even make it to the end to see her as she was running so fast! We met up at Victoria Station and went to collect our luggage before heading to the airport to fly home.
Such a fantastic day. The atmosphere was wonderful and I loved every minute.
Ready to go into the exhibition… such a buzzy atmosphere. Very exciting.
After a mere 2.5 days at work I am jetting off again to London with my sister to go and watch her take part in the London Marathon. All very exciting, but just nice to spend some time with her.
I was hugely amused to find my little sister has entered a swimming competition – she is getting on a bit but now competes in the seniors. However, she had a meeting in the evening she was meant to do her time trials so she ended up doing it with the 9 year olds. She was quite embarrassed by the whole thing but it made me laugh. A lot.
I love this wonderful woman and I am so lucky to have her in my life. She is going through a lot at the moment, being an incredibly supportive, loving and generous friend and I think she is fabulous.
This photo made me laugh so much the other day.
It was taken in the reversing camera when we went out for dinner. I think Louise was wiping s cobweb off the camera but she loves a selfie!
Five years ago today my Mum died suddenly on a beach on Greece. The day itself is imprinted in my memory – the phone call from Dad, the conversations about what we were going to do. The shock. The horror. The panic. The grief. It felt like it would never end.
Then suddenly you realise that whilst your grief is there – it remains the same size as the day the bereavement happened – life has grown around it. Our lives have moved on and developed and we have lots of good things. There is so much of our lives, particularly with regard to the children that Mum was never present for. That’s painful but at the same time our things go on and we have to make an effort to be fully present every day.
This evening Dad, my sister Louise and I went out for dinner. Twice a year we try and go out just the three of us – Mum’s birthday and, erm, Mum’s death day. I love that this has become our routine.
We had a lovely meal with good cocktails and wine. We talked about Mum, we talked about life and plans and good things. I love Dad and Lou and I love that we can enjoy remembering and we can grieve together.
Despite sadness our lives are good. They are rich and fruitful and I am grateful for all we have.
This is another photo that was taken yesterday.
I love my Dad and my sister. They have been my rocks over the last few years. We are very lucky to have each other.
Today my amazing, and slightly insane, sister Louise (on the left of this picture) took on her latest endurance challenge.
Along with 4 other people she swam to Herm at about 2.30am, had a few hours rest and then swam around Herm and then waited for the tides to change and swam back to Guernsey. She looked so incredibly strong and I was so proud of her for taking on such a ridiculous challenge.
The weather could not have been more perfect, warm and sunny with minimal wind for 2 out of 3 leg, it was perfect weather. We looked after my niece and nephew so they joined us on the trip over to see their Mum swimming.
A brilliant day out. Well done Louise. You make me proud.
This afternoon we attended a party for my Auntie Josie and Uncle Howard’s golden wedding anniversary.
It was a lovely afternoon and as usual there was a suitable amount of cakes.
I love this photo of me, my sister, cousin and daughter. I love these girls.