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It’s been a while…

I hadn’t actually realised that it had been so long since I posted something, anything on here!  The blog has crossed my mind over the last few months but I’ve been struggling a bit with ‘writers block’ and not really knowing what to write about or what makes people want to stop and read something little old me has written.

So, we are all fine, Ella is doing well and about to finish Year 1 at school.  Lots of preparation currently happening to make sure the transition from Yr1 to Yr2 is a smooth as possible for her as a child with special educational needs.  There are going to be a lot of changes next school year so it’s important that the time is put in now to help her feel prepared and still happy to go to school.  I will write more on that soon (promise!).

Lucy is also getting ready to make the transition from pre-school to reception.  She is more than ready for school now and is excited to be joining her big sister – in some ways she is more prepared than Ella was – she knows the school and has lots of lovely little friends from both her nursery and other siblings she has met in the playground over the last 2 years.  In other ways it seems much harder as I can’t believe our little lady is about to start school, the last 4 years have flown by and selfishly, I’ll really miss her being around at home.

But don’t worry about me, once Ella and Lucy are back at school I won’t be twiddling my thumbs or crying on the sofa all day.  Come October, life is going to change for all of us as we welcome another baby into our family.  Exciting, chaotic and fun times are ahead! And I guess this has been a good enough reason why the blog has been neglected for months – morning sickness and fatigue don’t really help creativity or productivity.  I should maybe stop feeling so guilty…

Here’s to new adventures… and maybe a few more blog posts too!

Happy Sunday all xx

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Where have I been???

I looked at my blog the other night and realized I hadn’t blogged in 7 months.  I’ve kept photos going, but I just haven’t blogged them.  This wasn’t a conscious decision, but after really thinking about it, hrere’s why.

1.  As a long term TSW blogger, there is a sense of hope you feel you need to pass on to fellow readers.  I spent a LOT of my time in the early  hell months reading bloggers who were doing SO much better and their positive posts were just so inspiring.  I would say “Wow!  They are healing SO well at 14 months, I can do that!”  Well, over the last several months, there’s really no progress to report.  In fact, it’s either been a slow decline or stagnant crap.   I can put makeup on and without drawing attention and can go about  my life, but my face looks a bit swollen and pretty wrinkly still.  I look puffy.  I have gone on living my life, but there is DAILY pain.  Daily reactions to EVERYTHING.  Daily flares from something.  Daily grief from TSW.  ALL showers are still exhausting and I have to ice myself after every single one of them.  When I tell my 6 year old daughter that I need to take a shower really quickly, the first thing she says is “do you need to icepack?”  Seriously?  This motherf***ing disease is still dictating my life.  I am still in bondage over this bullcrap.    I recover much faster, but it’s still an ordeal in month 28.  
2.  I’m back to living my life.  I am back to working (photography) so all my computer time is spent editing.  I don’t really have time to dedicate to the blog.  And when it’s just a reminder that things are still crappy, there’s not really a desire to take time for it.
Anyway, sorry for the absence.  I am still not totally caught up, but I’ll get caught up when I have time….
Thanks for following.

Peace Out Eczema