I am terrified for the future of my trans child
I have always been somewhat fearful of the future for trans kids. Of the future of my trans kid. I try not to label her, both to allow her to…
Posted inCat Condominium
The Old Man Cat And The Care Home
As you may know, I have five cats. You may not know that we moved house in February (a day after Beany was discharged from Birmingham Children's Hospital - I…
Posted inDays Out and Trips
My Top Tips For LegoLand Windsor
Thanks to the charity Dreams and Wishes, we recently went to Legoland Windsor and spent two nights in the Legoland resort hotel. It was a lot of fun and very…
Posted inCancer Information
My Five Long-Term Hospital Stay Essentials
This post contains affiliate links. If you click them, thanks for supporting QLF. Spending any amount of time in the hospital with a child is pretty tough. Even an outpatient…
Turning Two After Cancer
A birthday is pretty special for your kids; they're getting bigger, growing older, and becoming their own people. A birthday for a kid who has survived childhood cancer is...something else.…
Navigating A Child’s Health Care As A Non-Binary Parent
Since Beany's cancer diagnosis in October (has it really been that long) I've come to discover a whole host of new challenges that come with being a nonbinary parent. Navigating…
I am turning into my mother
For a long time, both growing up and as an adult, I feared turning into my father. He's just like his mum and I used to worry that eventually, I…
Poem: Things Are Not The Same
Things are not the same, no longer stuck in the same refrain I am broken and sent away but that’s okay. We start again, step by step I drag them…
Posted inBeany Cancer Mental Health Parenting Uncategorized
Parental Guilt, Intrusive Thoughts, and Childhood Cancer
One of the first thoughts I had, when they told me Beany had cancer, was that she was going to die. That I was going to lose my child, the…
Poem: We carry stars in our pockets from place to place
I have stars for you, bright but out of tune shining but always passing you by. We have to work harder to catch them, you and I, stretch a little…