Living life and loving life

As the year comes to close after the period of Christmas limbo 2017-2018  , I take thought of the wonderful year given to us . My daughter and Kieran come back after months in Australia 🇦🇺 and I was so proud of both of them out there with snakes 🐍, spiders 🕷 ect  . Imogen said bats 🦇 with wide wing spans and she was even chief spider catcher  whereever she went . I would have run a mile. I’m so proud they had the opportunity put to them and that they tried. It’s certainly isn’t all easy like people may think 💭. My daughter missed family , gosh !!!did I miss her so much like it hurt . I was so proud no sooner they were back both were back in the jobs they had . This year also we got our little pug who is 8 months old and she has been a real blessing to us all and has been great company and very therapeutic. We have had and some great highlights throughout as a family and moments to be very proud of  .This year we had our first visit abroad after the many years ...

The party Before Leaving (Excuse the photos if we all look hot and bothered) Just before Imogen left she had said mum I'm not moving but I'm going to Australia and I remember thinking what moving !!!! Gasp .I felt this sinking feeling in my stomach and a few tears rolling down my cheek . Imogen is the one that always said she didn't want to grow up she wanted to be like the Peter Pan story. Imogen is always so close even though she worked quite long hours and I didn't see her everyday . Imogen was always there on the phone the life saver the one who bounded through the house and filled the house with laughter. Imogen is the type of person that would laugh at something and the whole room would be laughing with her. Imogen has that free spirit a person that gets on with everyone. In many ways Imogen is more like her dad but her compassion is like mine . Although many times she will say what she thinks which is funny when she gets going . As the youngest daughte...