My Sentimental Heart

Just one more day of 2020...although what next year has in store, who can predict?! If this year has taught us anything, it's that trying to forsee what is going to happen next is a bit of a futile task- especially with things changing as quickly as they are at the moment...again. I'll be l…

A post on Christmas Day! I'm not sure I've ever done this before, but this year has been anything but business as usual. On a personal note, it's been tough, but I'm acutely conscious that it has been for so many people. I've had plenty of time to stop and think, been treated te…

*insert long exhale here*.....It's honestly rare that I'll run out of words but 2020, with a week or so to go, has finally got me stumped. The year which has seen so much change is once again throwing us curveball after curveball, and I'm struggling to keep up with the pace to be honest…

It's beginning to look....a little bit festive! This December is certainly not the norm by any stretch of the imagination, and I know that Christmas has become a little bit of a political hot potato over recent weeks. I'll be spending it as I always do- cosy and calm, with my parents and th…

The home straight of 2020 is here! Whilst I'm not convinced that the start of 2021 is going to be any easier than most of this year has been, it certainly seems like there's a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel in the shape of the ongoing vaccine rollout across the country, which sta…

Before this most unprecedented of years, it would be rare that I'd spend a whole weekend at home. In a past, much faster-paced life, I'd be forever flitting out and about at the end of the working week, determined to make the most of my free time, irrespective of the fact that it was leadin…

Whilst life is still quite uncertain at the moment, I'm thankful for the little pockets of enjoyment which I've been finding wherever I can. Over the summer months, one of the things which kept me on the right footing was being able to get out into the garden, and embarking upon some planti…

Phew! What a week! I'm honestly struggling to keep up with what's going on in the world right now, but the vaccine news of last week was so so welcome. After a year which has been so totally unpredictable and full of emotional ups and downs, it'll probably come as no surprise that I she…

Winter is a tough one, isn't it? I always tend to forget just how draining the darker days are, and how that post-lunch slump quickly descends into switching the lights on a 3.30pm every day. Bleurgh. Although I have a winter birthday, I'm definitely much fonder of the spring and summer mon…

And, just like that, we're in December! Phew. It seems beyond strange to finally reach this point in the year after everything we've experienced together, and after living through so much uncertainty. Whilst I've got no doubt that the start of next year will prove just as testing as the…