3 Days before my Birthday 1st July "The Battle of the Somme"

1st July 2016 "The Battle of The Somme"

Today is the First Time that I have boggled since moving house with my children and becoming a "Full-Time" "Single Mum".

But what dose that really mean?

I have not really cooked in over 4 months and used nature to inspire my cooking with the swans poking there heads onto my kitchen for a few tiny morales.

When I look over the last years of my life before my 33rd Birthday on 4th July 2016 I think of how much my children miss there farther.

With my Birthday so close this is not who I thought my life would turnout.  By now I wanted to still be a mother, it was on the cards.  But so was a career and living in Canada.  A places where I have never even visited.

http://uk-keepexploring.canada.travel/?gclid=CPfQvoG20s0CFWQq0wod-DcD5A

BUT today I think of all of those people who lost there their fathers and prayed for them to home.  Who have lost their loves and in time will be forgotten.

It reminds me of a poem when I think of WAR and anyone who believe they could possible live forever.  I love the fact that people are remembered for the acts of courage they have shown.

I admire people who take it up them them self to try and "Make a difference"  Because deep down, will all have the ability to do this.

However in time the memories of those brave few are lost and when their four fathers have past who remember them?

http://www.economist.com/news/christmas-specials/21591740-enthusiasms-rivalries-fads-and-fashions-lie-behind-shelleys-best-known


"On another Note."

My children's father does not live with us and it is not because he his in the armed forces fighting for Queen and Country.  It is because we currently  live in a world where people are encouraged to be "single parents".

For almost three years we tried to stay together and raise our children as a couple BUT over the last 4 months I have done so on my own.  This means taking both my children off the water and placing them into "Bricks and Mortar"

This is due to not being able to raise my children no a narrow boat which was their home due to the way that we where being unfairly treated by Canal and River Trust.

https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/?gclid=CNyXsaGx0s0CFRYTGwod6SUAgA

But today I do not think about this I think about those that gave their lives in the hope of a better future.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36674451

In Nuneaton at 17.00 there will be a service for those that died on this day.  Those Miners from my Home Town Nuneaton.

https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/node/161639

http://www.nuneaton-news.co.uk/forgotten-heroes-remembered/story-28837557-detail/story.html

Sadly I will be unable to make it due to picking up my oldest son from Nursery  at 17.30 and having to use public transport to do so.

The information about the event should hopefully be displayed on Nuneaton Memories Page on Facebook.

https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=nuneaton%20memories

To night I will probable cook fish and chips, this is due to it being a "traditional" meal of Great Britain.

Once I have got organised I will try to get back to my "Towpath Cooking"  I have just started to prepare the Elderflower to make home made wines and tinchers.  This is what I miss about living on the boat being able to just wake up in the morning and steep out side my front door and be any where in the UK.

Being able to see the sun rise and sunset over the water and hear the song of bird call fill the air.

What is the future for my son(s)?  I what him to go to school but NOT to loses there heritage and grow up not knowing his farther.

This year We have faced many changes with many still to come.

I guess only time will tell.