Known for trying to squeeze a lot into our day you might even go so far as to say we over did it a tad today...! From an early start bagsing a great spot and making the most of Cornwall's Harlyn Beach, to visiting the National Lobster Hatchery then taking in one of the Padstow Sealife Safaris we weren't too surprised when George fell asleep mid boat ride today 😬
It was pretty much the same on this day last year where the four of us went to the World Para Athlethics Championships to inspire the boys watching and meeting some of the athletes from Team GB. Then going on to the Collier Wood JFC Giant Pledge fundraiser in Essex later that afternoon where the boys got to meet Gunnersaurus the Arsenal mascot ...but at least back then George had a good sleep during the car ride.
To be fair it's a fine balance between making memories, having fun as a family and going at a pace that George post chemo and all his cancer treatment can now cope with. His energy levels are still very unpredictable, he'll never admit to being tired and woe betide him letting us put him down for a sleep during the day. In fact the only way to enforce some true rest is take him on a car journey and let the motion do it's best!
Rather than a car, today it was the motion of a boat that tipped George over the sleepy edge. Did he and Alex have a brilliant day, yes, but do we sometimes ask ourselves if we did too much, on days like today yes we do. But having woken myself up crying having a nightmare about him relapsing and his cancer rearing it's ugly head again makes you want to make the most of every moment just in case you don't get a chance to have it again.
God only knows what my trigger was to set me off in my sleep but in the early hours of the morning I was sobbing and things felt pretty bleak! This led to a day where I couldn't stop hugging and staring at George, he and Alex probably thought mummy was having a funny five minutes all day. If only we could guarantee his cancer will always stay at bay but knowing Ewing's Sarcom sadly that's all too often not the case so here's to making the most of every day!
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