#52WeeksofHappy – 1/52
Things are getting better and it is time to focus on the good things.
Welcome to my first #52weeksofhappy. A post where I focus on the things from the past week that have made me happy. I will also be tying it in with the Reasons to be Cheerful link up hosted by Ojo’s World and Lakes Single Mum.
My problem is I tend to focus on the things my children do that make me happy but I forget what actually makes ME happy… so at least one of my happy things will be for me.
What has made me happy this week?
I bought myself a present.
I adore Organised Mum products. I’ve loved them for the last 5 years. I adore stationery too.
Earlier in the week I bought myself a Family Life Book. It satisfies my need for organisation. It looks pretty. And it has more than enough space for everyone’s appointments.
Rainbow has made progress.
In the space of 3 days, Rainbow came off the ventilator; graduated off CPAP and moved out from HDU and onto the ward. We even got our first proper cuddle in weeks.
After weeks of worrying whether she would ever improve, everything moved so quickly and is still looking good.
I had some ‘me’ time.
After weeks and weeks of either making daily trips to the hospital, worrying over Rainbow and how the others were coping, I finally got to switch off and change the blog around. It may not seem like much, but I love to make small changes to the blog every now and then.
The new look is a little fresher and cleaner. I love to look through Design Seeds every now and then. The images and colour palettes really are stunning.
My children make me proud.
Don’t get me wrong, I am always proud of them but this week I was amazed at the maturity of Boyo and Princess Pants. I explained to them about Rainbow having DiGeorge Syndrome and they asked their questions and were accepting of the answers.
Comma is such a lovely, placid boy. We know he is bright and there are no flies on him. Yesterday, while we were at the hospital, the play specialist went through the development tests with him. At 22 months he scored well above 2.5 years. He may not talk but he’s definitely advanced.
Looking for Blue Sky
Well done for finding reasons to be cheerful at such a challenging time, wishing the very best to little Rainbow, she has already come through so much, and I hope she will be home with her family soon xx
Beth
Thank you. I’m hoping that she will be home within a month. It’ll be lovely to get us all back together again.
Ojo Henley
I’m so pleased to read that your little one is improving! I love playing with my little blog too, it’s makes me feel good to play with something that is just for me.
I hope the improvements keep coming, much love and healing thoughts being sent xx
Beth
It is something purely for us isn’t it? At the moment so little I do is for me, so it was so relaxing. 🙂
xxx
Becky Willoughby
So glad she is doing so well. Great news on me time its so important. I love Organised mum too. Your other kids sound fab 🙂
Beth
Thank you Becky… The oldest two are fabulous. I love them to bits. 🙂
Jeannette @autismmumma
Lovely reasons to be cheerful! I’m glad you got some “you time” and you got a cuddle with Rainbow. Very special moment and wonderful picture of you all X #R2BC
Beth
Thank you, it was an incredible moment that I will be talking about for months. 🙂