Tag: illness
My Husband Died Two Months After Our Twins Were Born –...
When I married Justin, life was perfect. We’d grown up knowing each other, friends in high school and at college. Eventually we got together...
For Three Happy Years We Didn’t Know Our Daughter Was Dying
When I read the announcement that new research into a therapy for the currently-untreatable Mitochondrial Depletion Syndrome is to be funded by a UK charity, it...
My Daughter Almost Died – Why I’m Warning Other Parents About...
You don’t imagine, the first time you hold your baby in your arms, that the day might come when you have to contemplate...
My Daughter Was In Hospital With Measles For 8 Days –...
There are so many posts about it on social media that turn into arguments – should you let your child have the...
Our Little Girl Stops Breathing While She’s Asleep But Coping With...
There was no suggestion anything was wrong. We already had two boys, and my latest pregnancy had gone pretty much perfectly. So on December...
I’m Desperate To Know What’s Wrong With My Son, But The...
It would be great to write a story with a neat and happy ending, but sadly I can’t do that. At this...
I Still Miss Him Sometimes But I’m Glad My Husband Is...
It was the speed with which John died that stunned me. He'd felt tired and under the weather, and I told him to go and...
What It’s Like Being A Recently Disabled Single Mum
From June 2018: My six-year-old son, George, has just broken up for the school holidays, and we're facing a very different summer this year. Previous...
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Half My Pregnancies Have Ended In Miscarriage, But The Other Three Have Given Me...
I was ten weeks into my pregnancy when I lost our baby. Still in the first trimester, so we hadn’t told many people. It...
Sending Parents Letters To Fight Childhood Obesity Doesn’t Work
Around this time every year, the height and weight of over 95% of children in the first and final years of primary school in...
Curious Kids: What Is Fire?
What is fire? – Lyra, age seven, Oxford, UK Thanks for the question, Lyra. What is fire? Well, basically, fire is light and heat that...
Boys’ Behaviour Linked To Earnings 30 Years Later
The study was based on analysis of nearly 1,000 boys from low-income neighbourhoods of Montréal. The boys were assessed by kindergarten teachers at age six...