Quality Time

Breathe

Tangled

A few weeks ago, when I was right in the midst of terror and crisis, I got back in touch with my old psychotherapist, whom I first started seeing when I needed the support to be able to leave Tom. I’ve had a few sessions with him recently, but after today’s session, I realised something….

Committed

I still love Tom more than ever, and I still want a relationship with him, but I don’t really want to live with him anymore. He’s noisy; I like quiet. We don’t have the same taste in decor, music, TV programs or anything really. While I know it sounds like we have nothing much to…

Empty

Tom shocked me by saying he would do the Christmas food shop. I used the opportunity to spend some quality time with the children by taking them out for a couple of hours. It was cold but so nice to spend time together. I came back to find the cupboards as I left them; the…

Engaging

We took the girls on a day out today. Tom spent the whole day engaging the older girls in the activities and caring for Annie, so that I could spend some quality time with the other children. It was such a lovely day – made even better when Annie giggled for the first time. It…