You’ve no doubt noticed pink all over the place this month, which can only mean one thing, it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It’d feel strange not to share something about it, though I know there are far larger platforms than mine shouting up about it right now. I suppose I feel that if this post …
It’s been some time since I last shared an update with you and as I’ve had an increase in messages checking in with me, I thought it’d be a good idea to let you know where I’m at now. Last I shared I’d just finished my radiotherapy sessions and I was waiting for the short …
It’s Breast Cancer Awareness month, what can you do? Have you considered this? I’m sure you’ve spotted pink things popping up more and hopefully you’ll have seen some shared awareness messages on social media. I am sure most of you reading this will know someone who has had breast cancer or is currently in treatment …
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I’d like to share a little update on my breast cancer with you today. As I’ve said before, I don’t want it to take over things here, but it’s been a couple of months since I last shared and I’ve had lots of you checking in so it feels like the right time to update …
Today I want to share a breast cancer update. I feel like it’s important to share a little about my journey here, it’s a huge part of my life so it feels disingenuous not to. At the same time, I don’t want it to take over this space, take all over all that I do, …
It’s been a while since I dropped in and shared how things are going for me, so as it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, now feels like a good time to give an update. For those of you who are new here, I was diagnosed with breast cancer last May, and I finished active treatment around …
A year ago this week I found out that I had breast cancer. Having cancer is always on my mind. I don’t have days where I forget. Maybe in coming years I will, but as I say, it was just a year ago that I found out. The past few weeks it’s been right there …
I think, I hope, I’ve finally got everything arranged for our holiday this summer. I mentioned it a few months back, and to be honest, that only feels like last week, and yet here we are in May already. We’ll be on that plane before we know it. We were originally going to Disney World …
Since my breast cancer diagnosis last May, I’m different. I know this. And I’m not saying bad different, just different. Being up close with your own mortality changes things for you. Everyone knows they are going to die some time, but it’s not the same as hearing the words ‘you have cancer’. Of course everybody …
I’ve had a few conversations with friends recently about yoga. I don’t know whether it’s because it’s the new year, the dark days or just our age! We’ve been talking about the benefits, how to fit it into our lives, how to get started with it and then making it a habit, and I think …
As this year draws to a close, and I’m winding down for a little break with my family, I’m waving goodbye to 2023 and starting to think about 2024. At the start of the year I decided that my word of the year would be ‘entertaining’, and in many ways I do feel it’s lived …
And just like that, the kids are back to school and that was our summer. They’re both back now, my boy in Year 6 his last year at primary school, and my daughter into Year 9. We’ve got a meeting at her school this week covering GCSE options, no easing us in on this! To …
A few months ago I realised that I’d had several chats with several different friends about various perimenopause symptoms. It seemed that the time for my body to start changing was creeping up on me and I didn’t really know much about it. It’s not something that I’d really thought about and until more recently, …
How are we already at the end of another school year? I distinctly remember having a chat with a friend in October, I can picture where we were at the time, talking about the end of the year and thinking it was ages away, and yet that chat feels like last week! My daughter’s just …
This isn’t a post that I’d expected to be writing, yet here I am. I found out last month that I have breast cancer. I had surgery last week and I’m now on the road to recovery from that before my treatment begins, which will depend upon the outcome of my surgery. It’s a funny …
Welcome! Hi, and thanks for visiting our blog. It was started about our family, The Readings, written by Jocelyn, a happily married mum to two school-aged children. Here they are known as Boo and Little Man, there’s the Husband and we also have a miniature dachshund. Over time, the blog has evolved and I now …
