Sunday
05 Sep 2010
| Taking a break |
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| Written by Sally Fletcher |
| Sunday, 09 May 2010 06:31 |
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We just got back from taking Sam and Harriet to Eurodisney for 4 days. The past two years we have taken them somewhere on the coast nearby for a weekend and left Ben in his home with his Grandma and the team of carers. It was a hard decision to leave the country without him for a few days but I wanted Harriet to enjoy some Disney magic before she got any older, I knew that Ben would not like the long journey or the long days walking around Disney and we are not allowed to take our carers out of the country. I did miss him lots, especially when we visited some of the places that he had previously enjoyed during his own special trip to Eurodisney in 2006. Sam and Harriet had a brilliant time and I never tired of the look on their faces when they met the many Disney characters, it was magic. Ben was fine he stayed in his own home with his Grandma (thank you Grandma) and Team B his own team of carers. I had booked enjoyable activities for him each day such as music therapy, a treatment with his osteopath, family visitors and his weekly trip to school. It is really hard to leave him but all the time we are trying to strike a balance for all 3 children, for Ben this kind of mini break is much preferable to him staying in residential care and between our mini break with his younger siblings and our 2 nights off a year he only has 6 nights a year without his parents but whilst still in his own home. Taking a break is really important for the whole family and although it pulls on my heart strings every time I leave the house, even to go shopping, I encourage families to find a way that suites them to do so. Sally x |
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