Taking a little time #WellbeingWednesday

Mixed emotions with this Mumma today.

My little man has gone off for his first day at secondary school. Emotions that combine feelings of “where the heck have the last six years gone?”, “I hope he’ll be okay and mask any negative emotions he’s feeling” and “thank goodness we fought the appeal process and got him in there (only one of six extra places allocated)”.

For any parent, a child starting school or nursery is daunting, but when your child is SN and without a statement, it feels even more daunting. We had tremendous issues with primary school who refused to see beyond the very clever exterior for T and recognise that he struggled with social skills, with empathy and with a change in routine. Anyway…

Looking after me has naturally taken a downturn during the summer holidays but I have managed to snatch five minutes on a (very) few occasions for this:

I’m only on chapter 6 at the moment but its a really enjoyable book (bought by me, not a freebie) I can see a similar plot line to the film Frequency (in terms of the chance to link with the past and maybe make changes) and hopefully once the children are both back at school, I’ll get a chance to read a bit more.

And it might just take my mind of the thoughts racing around my head too.

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