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My mom’s passing hit me incredibly hard. The reality that she was gone was just so difficult to comprehend. I just couldn’t understand how I was never…
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The year that changed my life forever!
Despite the global pandemic, in 2020 we were doing ok. I was tackling being in lockdown while working and homeschooling two kids. I had coped with one…
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We’re going home! 👏
We were finally discharged from Great Ormond Street hospital. We were so excited to be taking Zoe home. But I couldn't help wonder, would it have been…
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She taught me what was really important
Things were starting to improve. Every day we could see our little girl's personality coming back. She was absolutely thriving and it felt like we were…
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My child, the addict!
Zoe was finally on the mend. But now the doctors needed to wean her off her medication. The only thing was, she was in withdrawal. She was sweating, had…
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Her eyes finally started to open
It's surprising how you forget normality when you are dealing with a stressful situation. My daughter had been in an induced coma for weeks. I hadn't…
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The deafening sound of the ICU alarm
Every time we heard the emergency alarm sound in the ICU, we breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully it was never Zoe. This was until the one day when we…
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Scarred For Life
Scarred For Life
A mother shows you how to build resilience through her challenges during pregnancy, birth, childhood surgeries, COVID and losing special people along the way.

Scarred For Life

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