So much of life is unwritten at present. I don’t feel this is the medium to write about the challenges of our children. However they are needing so much support at present and away from work I spend so much energy fighting a broken system, too many agencies talk the talk but don’t walk the walk. CAHMS has been the biggest disappointment of all the agencies involved in our case and I am very angry. Not angry for myself but for our child who has been so let down.

However this blog is for sparkles in daily life and somehow in all of this there have been lovely moments.

The ‘what if I fall’ poster was an image I posted to my child this week who has been taking baby steps to good health. It’s so hard to say the right words sometimes, too easily taken out of context or misunderstood but this quote from Erin Hanson said beautifully the words of encouragement and trust I wanted to share.

This week Saturday was a day full of nice things but also incredibly busy. My organisation skills were tip top and amazingly everything fell neatly into place. The day started at parkrun as most Saturdays do but this week I travelled to ‘big’ town so I could fit in an eye test too. My parkrun buddy joined me at the parkrun, where we both got our fastest times of the year and best age gradings in our groupings. Unsurprisingly it’s a pancake flat course as opposed to our v tough home course. It did feel nice to simply run and not have to worry about upcoming hills, just the 5 in our normal run! It is a beautiful course around a park and lake and the weather was gorgeous and it really started the day positively. One of the reasons for doing this parkrun is there is a sports centre on the edge of the park whom allow you to shower post run and with a busy day this was definitely needed.

I went to Boots for my eye test and I have been going here for my last 3 biannual tests. I am so impressed by the quality of the test and the clear information I have been given. Unlike other opticians I do not feel it is about sales but eye health. They picked up something on my first test with them for which I now have 6 monthly checkups at the eye hospital. As expected I needed a new prescription for my reading glasses and I quickly chose a pair and will have them shortly. I was given a QR code for feedback which I will do as great performance deserves recognition.

After a very busy day. I was home in time for the start of Strictly, my ultimate comfort tv with Bake Off which returns next week too (yay) I loved that they started with Earth Wind and Fires’s September. I knew the relevance and had listened to the song on my parkrun , what else would you be doing on September 21st? This is one of my favourite songs and in my make believe world where I appear on Desert Island Discs it’s definitely one of my eight choices. Such a happy, uplifting tune.

Hopefully I have a quiet week coming up, I would love an ordinary week, simply about work and family. Fingers crossed 🤞