22/01/2026
I’m a little late jumping on the bandwagon but here we go🤪
2016 was a year of great change for me- loads of travel but also, I became a mum🥰
Our first trip was to LA and we had an absolute blast😎
Next trip was India for weddings💃 looking back though, the best thing about that trip was reconnecting with my childhood friend 🫶
A few months after that was my brother in law’s wedding in Montreal. I think that was the last trip where I felt like me- after that I was carrying a baby either in me or on me for the foreseeable future🤣
The rest of the year was spent teaching in schools and dealing with my pregnancy and all the health complications that went with it. We did escape for a cheeky weekend away to Madrid but all I remember was trying to pass a kidney stone while hobbling around over cobbled streets🥴
Later in the year, I travelled back to Canada for my religious baby shower which is a big deal when you’re having your first baby. I cherish the memory of my baby nephews sitting all around me🥰 it was also the last time I got to be a bridesmaid (albeit a very preggo one😆) for my beautiful cousin 🥰
I then had the same ceremony in the UK a week before my baby kicked her way out into the world🤪 Her birth and the days that followed were traumatic. I don’t know what I would’ve done without my mum . I could feel myself teetering off the edge of postnatal depression and she fought for me in every way she could. She taught herself to drive on the other side of the road (up the hills of Sheffield in winter!), cooked & cared for me and my tiny baby girl. She is the bravest person I know & I’m so grateful🫶
2016 was full of change. And the decade that followed shows that I’m just getting started💁🏽♀️💪🏽
Where were you in 2016?
