In my experience I find it incredible to believe how many families find it difficult to deal with and talk about cancer. Even after all the campaigns to make people aware of cancer, there still seems to be a stigma to it, and talking about it openly and easily discussing the treatments and how best…
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Finding Time For Your GrandParents
Read moreThis one is all about my 23 year old daughter again. It’s definitely her turn this week. Nowadays we are so quick to criticise the youth, but yesterday I wrote a post about how my daughter works hard and saves her money to enjoy some of the good things in life, and I can’t emphasis…
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My 23 Year Old Daughter is Going To New York Very Soon!
Read moreIn a couple of weeks my eldest daughter will be jetting off to New York with her partner and two friends. Part of me is very jealous as I have never been to the USA, but part of me is also very nervous of her trip to a country that this year has had nearly…
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Christmas Gift Guide 2018 #AD
Read moreI cannot believe that Christmas is here again. The last year seems to have flown by. For me the most exciting time of the year will always be Christmas. It’s especially exciting to all gather together as a family and celebrate. Every year I have done a Christmas gift guide and this year is no…
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Remembrance Sunday And My 6 Year Old Twin Daughters: My Sunday Photo
Read moreOn Monday last week all the children at our daughters school were asked to bring rocks or pebbles into school. have to admit I had no idea why and true to form I completely forgot. I told the teacher we had forgotten and she said tomorrow would be fine to bring them in. By chance…
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I’m Sure My Children Think I Have Special Powers
Read moreI have been a father for 23 years and over those years there have been times when I have wondered if my children think I have special powers to put everything right that may not be right in their lives. Truth is of course I don’t, not even close to it. I have, like so…
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Do Our Children See Christmas As Just A Big Bag Of Presents
Read moreChristmas is nearly upon us once again and it has got me thinking about how my six year old twins see Christmas. Is it just a big bag of presents? Of course with them only be six years old they still believe in the whole nine yards of Father Christmas delivering presents on Christmas Eve,…
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Little Things Annoy Me: Here Is One Such Situation
Read moreLast Saturday we had a final treat for the girls to end half term on a high for them. We decided to go to the cinema to see Christopher Robin. They had a one off showing of the film. and as we had missed the film when it was originally released this seemed a great…
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My Sunday Photo: Half-Term
Read moreFor the last week it’s been half-term here in Wales. We have to split child care between us due to my wife’s and my own work commitments as we don’t have any extended family to help out. Don’t misunderstand me, I’m not moaning about it, it’s just the way it is and we are certainly…
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Dreaming Big is Good
Read moreTeaching our children from an early age to dream and dream big is easily one of the most important life lessons and skills that as parents we should be teaching our children in my humble opinion. Teaching our children to dream about being the next best footballer, nuclear scientist, CEO of Google or to be…
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Halloween Is Here!
Read moreSome people love Halloween and it’s an important date in the year for them. For me I’m neither one way or the other, but it has definitely become an occasion that is now celebrated in the UK more than ever before. Once again the influence from America has come in all its full glory. Just…
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Pride In My Daughter E What Wonderful Text I Received
Read moreMy 21 year old daughter is now carving out her life in another city to where I live, it’s not quite what I thought would happen when I remember her being a little girl and starting school, but you at some point start living your own life and making your own decisions about exactly how…
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Warming Up My Home Quicker With The Stanton RadBooster #Ad
Read moreWinter is coming and after the glorious summer we have just had with wall to wall sunshine, it is going to be hard to get used to the fact that we will be turning on the heating everyday again to warm our house. So when I was approached by Stanton RadBooster to try out their…
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The Sky At Night: My Sunday Photo
Read moreThis week I have been taking a few images of the sky from my back door and I am amazed how different it is from day to day. The unpredictability of the sky is a bit like life itself. It is forever changing and we have to change with it and around this time of…
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Has Social Media Started To Have A Detrimental Effect On Our Youth?
Read moreSocial media whether it be Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat or some other social media platform is now interwoven within the very fabric of our society. I have two questions about the validity of social media, and how we should be using these platforms. I wonder if we should be taking much notice of timelines that…
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The Family Bed No Wait A Minute It’s The Wife’s And Mine
Read moreWhere oh where did I sign a contract all those years ago that said I would accept our nearly seven year old twin girls crawling into our bed in the middle of the night, and I seriously mean, every night! Not one night will pass by where we do not wake up in the morning…
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foobot Indoor Air Quality Monitor Review #ad
Read moreIn today’s world we are now more aware than ever before about pollution and how it’s harming our planet and yes, as individuals we can help reduce the pollution as a collective of people, but of course this is going to take a lot of work, and effort from governments around the world. This actually…
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When Do You Start Conversations About Sex Education With Your Children?
Read moreCome on then! Who has had these conversations, or do you shy away from conservations about sex? It’s that subject that parents still get embarrassed talking about with their children, but at what age do you start educating your children about sex? Let’s be brutally honest, schools and the education system are letting our children…
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Homework Oh! How’s It’s Changed
Read moreOk! I come from the era of schooling when homework didn’t start until you started high school. I guess that makes me old, haha! Well, not that old! I genuinely cannot remember having any homework during primary and junior school, and I am happy about this because it allowed me to be a kid, so…
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Never Forget: My Sunday Photo
Read moreIf you have ever read my blog you will know that I have five children. Sadly through death and circumstances beyond my wife and I’s control, our six year old twin girls only have one grandparent in their life which is my mum their nana. Sadly my mother is in the twilight of her life…
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What Is An Appropriate Age For Kids To Start Gaming?
Read moreThis is something that has been on my mind for quite some time now. I have often wondered what is a suitable age for kids to start gaming of any sort. The main reason I wonder about this is because having been an avid gamer for many years, going way back to the GameBoy days,…
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