Today…

… we celebrate 21 glorious year’s married π₯°
Happy Anniversary, Hubby Dearest π₯°
18 Nov 2022 72 Comments
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Today…
… we celebrate 21 glorious year’s married π₯°
Happy Anniversary, Hubby Dearest π₯°
18 Nov 2021 99 Comments
in Family Tags: Anniversary, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Hubby Dearest, Twenty Years, Wedding
This morning as I wake, Hubby Dearest and I celebrate twenty beautiful years of marriage.
Twenty years of building our life together, having our family, creating our forever home…
Twenty years ago, I left one life, and embarked upon another, equally wonderful, with different joys.
Parents love Appreciated Forever Family Celebrataion Together
The last time Family of four Beloved Welcoming A new member Forever
Twenty years ago We pledged our love to each other Promises to walk together Stand by each other Grow old together Share a beautiful future Together And now, here we stand, Hair grayer, laughter lines Still strong With our own family Our home And the promise of Many, many more years To come
Wishing my Hubby Dearest a very happy twentieth anniversary. Thank you for all the love you’ve showered me with. I’d never be happier anywhere else π
03 Sep 2021 95 Comments
in Family, My Writing, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Birthday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, book sake, Marriage Unarranged
It’s that certain day of the year, for me, today, Peeps!
Another year older, not sure I’m wiser, though!
My day will be filled with, school, as usual, and some quality time with my hubby and kids, and Sonu Singh, of course!
If you weren’t aware, a certain book is on offer, until the end of today, so, if you are on the .com or .co.uk side of the ‘Zon’, you could pick up Marriage Unarranged for a bargain 99p/c!
http://getbook.at/MarriageUnarranged
Anyway, I’d consider it a birthday gift, from you, if you were to buy it, or, share the offer to others!
Have a wonderful day!
I’m off to school now!
12 Aug 2021 66 Comments
in Family Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Family, GCSE, Lil Man
Today, Peeps, my pride knows no bounds.
Yes, I know they say pride comes before a fall, but this time, I am prouder than proud of my son.
Despite the craziness of this last eighteen months, with the pandemic, and numerous other barriers to overcome, Lil Man got his GCSE results today, and he passed.
My boy will be off to Sixth Form in September!
I promise, I am not biased in this thinking, but I do feel that this year group had it tougher than most. If you think about it, last year, yes the exams were disrupted, but the children had the opportunity to cover the whole curriculum before the world went crazy.
So, despite not getting the chance to sit exams, they were prepared.
And A-Level students? They have seen the disruption, too, but they’d had a bit of normalcy with their own GCSEs, two years previously.
I mean, this set of children, have lost out on around six months of face to face learning time, suffered possibly even more testing than the average year group, as the grades were to be teacher assessed, rather than exam based, and have never faced a true exam. (SATs in primary school not withstanding!)
Yet, they carried on. And for the most, smashed their grades.
Personally, I much prefer this teacher based way of assessing, as exams mean you having an off day, despite being a good student, cound end up leaving you with a bad grade.
Whereas, this year, teachers were able to build up portfolios of evidence for each child, from assignments, to coursework, to test results, and their own professional judgement of each child, to give a grade that they felt truly reflected each pupils efforts.
I fall apart in tests and exams. I know my boy is the same.
But I also know that though he isn’t a straight A student, (can I say that, nowadays or is it a 7-9 grade student, now?) he is capable, and by acheiving the grades he needed to get to Sixth Form, he has proved that.
See.
Couldn’t be prouder.
Now, how to celebrate for a guy who passed his exams? Does he want a special meal? A treat?
Nope. He wants to go to his cricket training!
So, I’ll be off on cricket mum duty again!
Still, I’ll be taking him there, extremely proud of the young man he has become. π
And here is a little poem I penned a few years ago, just for him.
Fly my little chick, fly Just stretch those wings and fly high. Roar my little cub, roar Show them what you're made for. Swim my little fry, swim You're just as good as 'him'. Jump my little roo, jump You can get over this bump. Believe in yourself In the power of you. Have faith in yourself, Like I always do. So, Fly my little chick, fly All you can do is try... Ritu 2016
For all those Little Chicks out there, that need that little bit of encouragement… You’re doing great, and you will continue to do so, have faith in yourselves… And especially for my son, Lil Man xxx
22 May 2021 40 Comments
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