I bloody love my works do's! I really do. In fact my very first outing with my new colleagues pretty much set the tone for future gatherings....that night ended with friction burns on my feet from a knee sliding 'moment' I shared with Claire, one of my new work mates! Our next 'do' may or may not have been responsible for the death of Whitney Houston. We're hoping it was just a coincidence that her demise coincided with our heartfelt rendition of The Greatest Love and it didn't drive her to destruction. Sorry, I digress, back to the post..... A works do was the setting for a really important conversation that would eventually shape some of my future decisions. Not that I knew that at the time. Christmas 2012, Rob and I had just moved into our new house and we had decided to 'start trying' or rather 'stop preventing' - calling it this took the pressure off (it worked for a while!). Work had organised a meal at the Four Stones up Clent. As usual I was rather full of alcohol (read- very drunk!) and rather enjoying a sing song to total eclipse of the heart (old school style). Towards the end of the evening, I overheard a conversation at the other end of the table. One of my colleagues (well she was just a colleague at the time- has now been promoted to hero and friend) was talking about her son and how she had gone through IVF to get him. I was intrigued by this....I just found it an interesting story. Obviously at the time I had no idea how important my eavesdropping would become, because in my brain- I would get up the duff the conventional way. The next day that conversation was still on my brain....so much so I messaged Laura. It was her reply that meant 3 years later I had a real friend guiding and encouraging me through the process. I'm glad I'm an eavesdropper. More than that I'm glad Laura is a talker. I'd encourage you. Talk. Share your stories. You never know who might need to hear them- whether they know it at the time or not.
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Laura
9/2/2016 10:41:08 pm
I feel I am becoming your blog stalker but this is addictive.....you have a natural way with words.....am glad my talking helped someone.....😘❤
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Jen
9/2/2016 10:41:58 pm
As I am your actual stalker, I guess we're even!
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Claire
9/2/2016 11:53:55 pm
Works do's are the best! I am obsessed with reading this blog and I update it approximately 37294 times a day in hope for a new post! Yet again incredible words! 😊 Xx
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Laura
9/3/2016 10:16:50 am
Work do's are the best!! ❤😁
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Steph
9/3/2016 12:58:43 am
I too have become obsessed with checking for updates even now as I get up for feeding Isaac. A brilliant blog well done Jen x
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Holly
10/18/2016 09:33:25 am
OK so I am also now feeling like a stalker, but worse cos you don't know me!!
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Jrn
10/18/2016 09:41:33 am
Hey holly ace to hear from you! Glad we could normalize some of your feelings! I was so grateful to have that happen for me! Apparently it's fertility awareness week (or something like that) in a couple of weeks- hopefully some of the perceived stigma can 'do one' then too! Thanks heaps for reading! Xx
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