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James’ Ball
In February 2008, Mike & I walked into an estate agent office and were introduced to a mortgage broker called Jamie. Whilst he found the perfect mortgage in our meagre budget, we sat chatting like old friends, us sick of living between two counties and Mikes job on oil rigs, Jamie besotted with his new daughter. Little did we know our lives would continue to be entwined. In February 2019 Jamie, his incredible wife Alison, who did 99% of the organising, and their amazing, colleagues, friends and wellwishers, held a ball in memory of our Son James. In the 11 years between the two events, Jamie’s company Affinity had sorted…
Discovering a Rainbow
On January 12th 2019, nine months after losing our first son James, and 6 months after we started trying for baby number two. We found out we were finally pregnant with our rainbow. The loss of a child, whether in…
#CancerCosts
When CLIC Sargent contacted me about Childhood Cancer Awareness month #CCAM, I jumped at the chance to be involved. Regular readers will know that I have Cerebral Palsy and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. I have spent a lot of time…
1st Year Of Marriage
The first marriage, we were told, is the hardest. We hadn't quite anticipated, just how hard it would be.
Losing our Baby, James
On March 22nd 2018, we lost our baby son, James Anthony William Garrick at 23 weeks and 5 days gestation. We had to have, what is called a compassionate termination. James was terminally ill with a condition called Congenital Diaphragmatic…
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