Its early April and my favourite week of the year as The Masters starts tomorrow and fills the next four evenings with peace, calm and tranquillity (and hopefully a winner on Sunday) whilst the school holidays are here and the days are jam packed with clubs, activities and thankfully due to the weather, plenty of garden/park time! It’s been a while since my last blog and plenty has been going on in our world, Indie (as a few have told me this week) has shot up in height and continues to have the sassiness of her mother, much to my delight. Her reading has come on leaps and bounds in recent months and I just adore bedtimes watching that growth, the same can be said of gymnastics and swimming having now joined the “gym squad” and completed her 5 metre badge in the pool. Daddy still continues to suck at golf but is still enthusiastic despite the lack of ability, he does however have some good news to share, our website is finally “live” and Indiependent Lifestyle is officially a thing! It’s taken longer than I first hoped to get going but hopefully you like it and some of the clothing/accessories on offer. Its particularly apt that we are enjoying the best weeks weather in distant memory the week I launch our beanie business! I have added a few other items to the shop (ran by Yazzoo Clothing) so that there is some variety and have a few ideas for new products in the future but would welcome any feedback/ideas from people so please check it out!
Whilst the products and business are separate from The Rachel Coram Foundation, the logo and brand will continue to help raise Sarcoma awareness and work alongside the foundation in the future. There are a few events already set for this year with a golf day, football match and Awareness Day all upcoming this summer and we will have a pop-up stall at each of these events. In other related news, Rachs’ bench has now been installed at the greenspace near our home so we hope plenty of you can attend the Awareness Day (July 5th) and get a chance to see it for yourselves!
It’s hard to know sometimes whether to “go deep” (stop with the dirty minds) and talk about how I feel and how life really is behind the curtain but I do almost feel obliged if I’m to carry on Rachs’ blog to give it the authenticity it deserves. This doesn’t mean I’ll divulge every facet of my world but perhaps some insights can help/encourage others in similar situations or struggling with something going on in their own world. I know there’s a few friends dealing with their own cancer struggles, grieving family losses and rebuilding their own lives at the moment and I think sometimes knowing that helps give me perspective on my own situation and the courage/strength to keep going. Mothers Day was particularly hard to deal with, for both myself and Indie as it almost crept up on us both and threw up a few tricky situations which quite frankly neither of us were prepared for. This bloody girl though, she is just so incredible, the joy she brings me just alleviates any pain or torment I may be going through and I’m really not sure how id cope without her. There’s nothing specific I can really divulge about Mothers Day but just that it was really hard and that we got through it (even managed a nice picnic at Mummy’s Tree), and I guess that’s the key, in the words of Steven Gerrard “we go again” (without slipping – sorry scouse friends) and just keep on moving, life is to be lived and above anything Rach didn’t get that full opportunity so it’s mine and Indies job to live ours to the fullest.
Enough sanctimonious bullshit from me now, Happy easter everyone!
Oh yeah, probably should give you the details for the website If this is gonna work! www.indiependentlifestyle.co.uk