To ask you to tell me something lovely.

Kindness of strangers

DH now relies on a mobility scooter to get out and about. One of his pleasures is coffee out in a coffee shop with plenty of people watching opportunities.

on Saturday the most accessible one was very full. The only free table was in a formed which didn’t have mace for his scooter. I was just going to suggest we go elsewhere when one f as moly offered to leave early so we could use their table and another lady offered to swap over to the corner table so we could have hers. Then the family next to the corner table just slid over to it leaving plenty of space for us.

such kindness, I rushed to get the coffee to let me wipe away a tear or two in private.

thank you lovely people.

DD2 young adult with learning disabilities was overcharged by a taxi driver. Which isn’t lovely. But what is lovely is that she had the confidence to point out the amount on the meter was lower than the amount she had just tapped on the card reader. The driver apologised and gave her the overpayment back in change.

Proud she is standing up for herself more these days

This is lovely. Hope you get the job ❤️

We saw two pretty little red squirrels on Brownsea Island yesterday.

Ds16 invited me to the cinema next weekend to see a film genre we both love.
I told him he could go with his mates if he wanted but he said that he hung out with them loads so would rather go with me.

@SabreIsMyFave I did that recently too😊

Thanks for the reminder of this, just spent a pleasant 15mins watching bears in Alaska catch salmon 😊

My wife walked out 6 months ago after 14 years - with no word or warning. Came home from work one evening with my daughter and she was gone. She exploded our worlds.

Six months of despair and hate and panic. But now here we are - house is sold, I've found a beautiful little home for me and the children and I've started the divorce. And I'm sitting on my sofa in my little house with the front door open onto a quiet road with birds singing and the sun streaming through.

I don't cry about it anymore. I'm free.

Nothing big here, I am just very content in the moment. I'm sitting wrapped on my sofa with my cuppa looking at the grey sky and the autumn trees and knowing that I don't need to go anywhere or do anything today!

I hope next week is a bit better for you, OP.

My daughter is home for a week after her first term at uni. I haven't seen her in 2 months and she is still only 17. I am lying on my phone waiting for her to wake up (we got back very late last night and she was already in bed asleep). My youngest son is so excited he can see her soon.

My toddler DGS when picking him up from nursery this week, cupped my face in his sticky, paint splattered hands and said, "You're beautiful Grandma".

How are you feeling today Sheepy?

This morning my dd greeted me with “Happy Christmas Mummy” when she got up. She’s
copying the bit from the first Harry Potter film where Harry and Ron say “Happy Christmas” to each other on Christmas morning. It was very cute and made me laugh.

Yesterday I spent the day with some friends, one of whom I haven’t seen for a good while because she’s moved four hours away. We ate, walked, shopped and nattered and it was lovely. Just like when we were teenagers.

My Merlin bird app picked up a goldcrest the other day. I was very excited!

My 12 year old DS came into my bed last night because the hamster was keeping him awake, and he’s snoozing peacefully next to me with his little paws in my lap as I drink coffee and browse MN

Ds came home from school last week with three certificates for his hard work across subjects, he can struggle at times so this made him so happy!
As a half term treat I have booked us a night away with an evening meal and a trip to a museum as he loves history. He was so excited when I told him.

DD is 17 and has recently got a boyfriend, initially I was going to take her too, but she has plans all week going on dates...so she's smiley all the time! Ah young love ☺️

Me too 🥹
My DGM had advanced dementia and a year or so before she died, my mum showed her a picture of my (then) baby DC1. DGM no longer recognized any of her family members but she started crying when she looked at the pictures. There was still a mummy somewhere in there 💔

I was putting my paddleboard in the river yesterday and there were three teenage (16-17ish) boys fishing nearby. As I was inflating it I eavesdropped a little bit on their conversation. One of them was teaching the others about bird spotting, how to identify different interesting birds he had recently seen and pointed out a wagtail on the opposite bank. The others were listening carefully and asking him questions.
I'm not sure why it was so lovely but it was.
When I got on the river a kingfisher flitted by me and back again twice. I wanted to paddle back and tell them!

My DS19 was anxious about our planned visit this weekend but once he’d got there and done the first thing he relaxed and enjoyed it.

I walked behind with my DH while DS chatted and joked with DD happy and content for him.

DS2 (18m) is currently sitting in his high chair going "roar", "moo", "nap nap" (snap) when shown pictures of animals. His joy is adorable 😍

Up early due to the clocks going back and the sunrise is really lovely - streaks of gold & honey & pink. Now evolved into ombre orange & gold sky.

I’ve spent the day in the garden with my dog who has been rolling around on the grass enjoying the sun.

Love this! DD has started to read and it’s amazing

Mine are work ones (unusually!). I've had two bits of lovely feedback from colleagues (I'm a teacher). A member of SLT who popped into one of my lessons said he always likes coming into mine because it feels like stepping into a nice warm bath . A bit of an unusual compliment, but I appreciate the sentiment. Another colleague sent me an effusively grateful email for being so patient, positive and kind in her performance management meeting! I'm the kind of person who tends to assume everyone else is doing a better job than me, so it was nice. I'm lucky - my students and colleagues are almost universally lovely.

My profoundly autistic, non verbal 6 year old said his first word in 4 years - 'brother' followed by his new baby brother's name. It was like winning the lottery.

My son unexpectedly came to stay for the weekend. We went for a lovely walk and came back and had roast dinner in front of the fire and played games and chatted til late. After a horrendous break up earlier this year he told me had met someone new 🥰

i have had an awful few weeks with an absolute nasty piece of work colleague.
she has decided to leave
happy days