50 days of River

Fifty days of River: Connection, isolation and everything in between.

family

  • Early Start, Post-Wine I honestly can’t believe we pulled it off but after a couple of glasses of wine last night, we still made it to the Science Museum by 8:15am. This teaches me nothing about consequences. The Science Museum has an ‘Early Birds’ session for SEND kids once a month, where the museum opens Read more

  • Woke up at 6am again, not sure why this is my new routine, but here we are. River joined me at 6:25am, bright-eyed and full of energy. First breakfast was served with an iPad (essential), so we had a peaceful start. He’s definitely getting sick. He was coughing through the night and told me, “There’s Read more

  • Day 0: The Night Before

    “The house is quiet. The fridge is empty. And the somewhat empty Google calendar scares me.” Today was the last day of nursery. No handover, just a quiet end — one minute he was in term-time routine, the next minute we were in summer. We went to the park to celebrate, because that’s what you’re Read more