Results Day
All her childhood I dreaded results days – the days on which she would have got her exam results had Williams Syndrome not happened to her, and yet there we were. Results day.
We were eating toasties, going to the shops and working out what clothes to wear shopping. As if this marker day of difference that I’d feared meant nothing. It doesn’t detract from my heartfelt congratulations to everyone who got their results – it’s a totally separate compartment in my head. It’s OK to feel happy for them, sad for your own child and crack on with your day regardless.
It was just that on the day that I’d dreaded for so long I didn’t feel sad for my own kid. The sadness didn’t arrive in my head, so we just did something she could do and didn’t focus on what she couldn’t do, and it just felt nonchalant and content and we had a fabulous day and loved our shopping trip regardless of it all.
The Summer Sale’s still on, but will be finishing soon so grab a bargain while you can. The code SUMMER24 will also give you 20% OFF anything not in the sale.
