Mama Cates

It is an isolating experience realising that the coronavirus pandemic will no longer allow you to go out to the disco or favourite concert on your birthday to celebrate with your friends. You can have a elevate your pandemic party planning game to make your and events exciting and intimate while following the rules! The makeovers, candy and “feel good” movies provided simple entertainment which allowed my guest to experience all those BIG party vibes in an intimate setting! I had set up my dining table with a beautiful grazing board, multiple different breads and spreads to choose from as well as vegan brunch options which included these tasty vegan French Toast kabobs!

that included many factors that you would normally assume would affect two people who got married in their early twenties (20 and 24 years old), immigrated to a new country, lost a parent and is experiencing a pandemic all in five years time. When I immigrated to the UK and had to adjust to not only cultural norms but having a baby in a different country without my family nearby to help was a large wake-up call to the decision I made when getting married. I couldn’t find the right help for grieving and when I came home to my husband, whom I’ve counted on the past five years as my main person…I came home to life before my Dad passed away. My husband stuck by my side listened to my complaints and we both handled ourselves by finding ways of communication that worked for us and making a pact to try to make each other lives easier by doing things we enjoy we love as a family instead of fighting for what we want…

During the time I spent helping care for my dad and in between crocheting a blanket, reading two novels and trying to grasp what it felt like to grieve before someone was actually ”gone”; I sat down with my father who could barely talk and discussed what it would be like to have a caravan, go on road trips with my family and one day maybe see Stonehedge and take my father to all the UK landmarks he was interested in seeing. While I know that I can’t spend every waking moment in a different place and should deal with my grieve in a healthy way, I can’t help but feel the yearning or rather need to connect with that spirit of my father in the form of exploring new places. We then drove a further two hours to Bath, Somerset and checked into our hotel, we spent the afternoon exploring the city shops, grabbing ice cream and then finally visiting the Roman Baths. My son enjoyed talking about Halloween and exploring the skeleton bones, running around the huts, taking the bus to the real ”Stonehedge” and running around the fields as we discussed topics like rocks, history, theory and eventually ice cream.

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