
Maths is Pain
I never liked Maths at school but seeing the progress Layla is now making, makes me love it for different reasons.

Christmas
Christmas has been very different this year and I’m learning from my daughter. This year she didn’t write a Christmas list, nor did she...

Hospital Admission
Change is hard. Not knowing what to expect is difficult Layla had to go to’ her’ hospital for some investigations and a PEG change. She...

Lego
It’s the process and by practising it that we make progress, not perfection! Who wants perfection anyway! Children and adults who have...

Layla’s community pediatrician
Pricks of guilt, confusion, and overwhelmingness, and failing as a parent. This is what most parents feel when they have a child who is...

Thank you...
Dear Tracy, On Thursday 22 July (2021) my debut novel, Hope Nicely’s Lessons for Life will be published - and I want to say a huge thank...

The Process is more important than the outcome.
When we focus only on the outcome, we miss the small steps of progress we made to get there. When I made Layla’s visual calendar, the...

Reading...
No bedtime story in our house, please! This time last year Layla COULDN’T read and didn’t enjoy reading as it was a reminder that she was...

Eating is progress!
I decided to home-educate, not so Layla can do well in English, Maths, or whatever the curriculum tells her to learn. I did it for her...

Who?
Let’s NOT talk about drinking in pregnancy as it is VIOLATES a lady’s right! This week the World Health Organisation (WHO) released a...