Jackie's Japan Journal

Crazy busy.  Ten days without washing machine makes things rather difficult!  I tried to wash a few things by hand but wringing them out was...

My kids are amazing.  They are handling things a lot better than I am!   Of course they are sad and grieving but I am so lucky that they are...

The good is Christopher's entrance ceremony is over and done with. Talk about a load of faffing around!  The kids were told how to sit, ...

During the day I can cope with my grief.  I am busy, cleaning, cooking, teaching, more cleaning, more cooking!  Sometimes grief sneaks up on...

So the two weeks of spring holiday are finished.  David and Hannah are back to school tomorrow. Mikey and I start teaching tomorrow as well....

We have a Labrador mix dog.  Not sure what the mix is! This is what she looked like when we got her 5 years ago. As you can see very c...

My kids are great.  They are dealing with the death of their Dad in an amazing way.  They have all sat up at night and had a cry with me, th...