Interview: Selena Foster, Fundraiser For CLAPA (Cleft Lip & Palate Awareness Week)
As part of Cleft Lip & Palate Awareness Week, I'm absolutely delighted to have had the opportunity to interview a very inspiring lady called Selena Foster, who works tirelessly as a volunteer for the Cleft Lip & Palate Association as well as bringing up her...
To All Bereaved Mothers Out There On Mother’s Day (International)
Today is Mother's Day in the USA and internationally (in the UK it is always in March), and I am thinking of all empty armed mothers across the world who, like me, have lost much loved and much wanted babies. We are all members of a "club", but a club that none of us...
Spotlight On…The Cleft Lip & Palate Association
I've had a lot of interaction with the Cleft Lip & Palate Association which is the only UK-wide voluntary organisation specifically helping those with, and affected by, cleft lip and palate. It is unique. CLAPA was set up in 1979 as a partnership between parents...
Frankie’s Cleft Lip & Palate Story: Cleft Lip & Palate Awareness Week 2015
This week is “Cleft Lip & Palate Awareness Week”, which is run by the Cleft Lip & Palate Association charity. One of the things I work hard to do is to raise awareness of cleft lip & palate, a condition that affects 1 in 700 babies born in the UK every...
Cleft Lip & Palate Awareness Week: 9-17 May 2015
Tomorrow sees the start of Cleft Lip & Palate Awareness Week, which runs from May 9-17 and is organised by the Cleft Lip & Palate Association charity. The week aims to raise as much awareness as possible and funds for CLAPA which include sponsored walks...
Please Consider Nominating Me In The 2015 MAD Blog Awards
I don't ask things like this very often, but would you all consider nominating me for a MAD Blog Award for "Frankie's Legacy" run by Tots100 in the "Blog Of The Year" and "Best Writer" categories? Info is on this link -...
To Rest, To Rest….But When Is The “Right” Time?
Frankie’s funeral was on Thursday 5th December 2013. On Friday 6th December 2013 the funeral directors A V Band brought him home. He has been with us ever since in his room, surrounded by some things to keep him safe – a German Shepherd toy that looks like Curley to...
The Masks We Wear
Last night my husband and I decided that we would have my parents round for a roast dinner, and we also invited two of our close friends to join us, Harry* and Sarah*. I’ve known Harry since 1995 when my ex-husband and I moved into our first house together (we got...
International Bereaved Mother’s Day – Sunday 3rd May 2015
Apparently today is International Bereaved Mother’s Day. I had absolutely no idea that such a day even exists, but it looks like it originated from the USA, where I have found numerous news articles about it on my Google News feed. Mothers’ Day here in the UK is in...
Support For Empty Armed Mothers
I’ve been doing a lot of work on “Frankie’s Legacy” recently to bring it more in line with what I always wanted it to be – a blog and a place where I can talk honestly and openly about my feelings, a resource site for early pregnancy loss, stillbirth, neonatal death,...
