Taking Stock OR Hiatus

Waiting: At my Mr B's hospital bed

Wearing: A lovely hospital gown (him) Jeans and converse (me)

Wanting: Life to have less judder bars 

Buying: Hospital coffee & Magazines

Drinking : Hospital coffee

Reading: Magazines

Knowing: After the storm comes the rainbow

(As I walked the kids to school the first morning my Mr B had been taken to hospital I was greeted by a double rainbow!)

Pondering: on how much to tell them 

(I came so close to saying "Daddy is at work" rather than "Daddy is in hospital again")

Needing: Extra cuddles as Daddy is in hospital for the second time in less than a week

Noticing: how extra sensitive they both are - we all are 

Hoping: I'm getting this part of parenting right

Looking: at the joy on Philosophers face when he came home from school to see his Daddy home 

(The first time my Mr B went to hospital, Philosopher saw his Daddy go in the ambulance)

Making : lots of cups of tea 

Playing: my yoga sound track _A LOT_ to keep my mind quiet and peaceful 

Liking: this photo of us at The Wizard of Oz
Watching: my children closely, very aware of the effect seeing a parent in hospital can have on a child.  
(I was a very similar age to my Philosopher when I saw my Dad in hospital.)

Getting: by with a lot of love help and support from the most amazing Mummy network of friends I could ever ask for 

Loving: my friends who have been there no matter what time of the day or night to take my kids at a moments notice.

Deciding: no matter what age you are it's lovely to have your Mum around

Feeling: Grateful for my Mum the washing fairy!

Cooking: soup and lots of it 

Wishing: for answers and solutions - soon - 

Hiatus - hahy-ey-tuh s

* a break or interruption in the continuity of a work, series, action, etc.

* a missing part; gap or lacuna:

* Anatomy. a natural fissure, cleft, or foramen in a bone or other structure.

Sliding Hiatus Hernia - the reason they believe my Mr B has been in such incredible pain since the beginning of June

If you want a list you can get it from Pip at Meet Me At Mike's too!  

LOVING: 40 Days Of Yoga

Remember that time I committed to 40 Days Of Yoga?

Well .. .. ..  so much was my commitment that Ange had to remind me I was up to day 45 .. .. .. YUSS I committed to something and stuck to it !! - through sickness and health I was on my mat every day in a row for 45 days not missing a single day.

After a couple of curve balls were thrown into life last year,  I have gone from attending the gym twice a week to five sometimes seven times a week and when I'm not at the gym I am on my yoga mat and practicing daily at home. 

My core strength can now be sneezed at! (Oh yes I have a pelvic floor again!)

Yoga is my Prozac 

I wholeheartedly believe that no matter what is happening in your life, there is always something you can be thankful for..no matter how simple it is.

It's true - I've found a way of breathing and pushing myself through the curve ball, in sickness and in health.