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WHY CHOOSE BRIGHT HORIZONS

In a Mumsnet survey of 131 users of Bright Horizons Nurseries: 82% would buy again and 85% would recommend

A GRAND AND INSPIRING NURSERY IN WEST DULWICH

You and your child will love our cosy nursery in West Dulwich, designed to support your child's development, from the age of 3 months to 5 years.

Set in a grand and beautiful church building, our nursery features a fantastic garden space where your child can play, learn and explore the activities they love with the support of our sports coach. We also offer French lessons with our language teacher who is among our dedicated and long-standing nursery team.

To further give your child the inspiration and confidence learn, we support them in navigating subjects such as mathematics, art, reading and writing through our Growing Enhancement programme unique to Bright Horizons.

Our unique Healthy Hearts and Minds activities provide inspirational and engaging learning experiences using the innovative and well established Boogie Mites and myHappymind programmes.

Our day nursery and preschool in West Dulwich has great links to public transport, with Gipsy Hill Station a 5 minute walk away and West Norwood only a 5 minute drive away. We also have a buggy storage area to make pick-up and drop off as convenient for you as possible.

Providing your family with high quality childcare and education is what we work hard to achieve every day. This commitment has been recognised by local families who have given us an 8/10 score on daynurseries.co.uk and a 4.6/5 star rating on Google (as of January 2020). We have also been rated 'Good' by Ofsted in our latest inspection.
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For Romani Gypses, family is important and I know that by doing what I did I lost you, all of you.

I didn't mean to hurt any of you.
You guys are my everything and it breaks my heart to lose.

But I will not apologise, I may have broken the rules but I have ended up with the best gift.
My beautiful baby girl, Selena.

She is the most amazing thing in my life, she has given me strength that I didn't know I had in me. She's so funny always making me laugh at the simplest things. She reminds me of Bo in that way.

I've decided that I'm going to record everything I can about Selena so that one day if you feel like you can forgive me or even if you just want to have Selena in your life; there will be a video for everything so you won't miss anything, like you were apart of it all.

I love you mom. I love dad and Bo and everyone else too.
I miss you
Naomie
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The image of the Gypsy conjures up ideas of a carefree people, who live life without rules and restrictions. It is a common occurrence for non-Gypsies to hashtag #gypsy or #gypsy life while spending a lazy day at the beach, hair out, not a worry in the world. In reality, being a real Romany Gypsy is not a life of lackadaisical sea-shore living. In fact, our lives are quite the opposite.

Although many are, not all Romany Gypsies nomadic; not all live in trailers, tents or wagons. You can be 'settled' in a house and still be Romany (Romany is the proper term for a Gypsy) . It is a common misconception that Romany people natur ally have wanderlust. The truth is, that for the last 1000 years, we have moved from country to country largely beca use of persecution and slavery.

Being a Romany Gy psy is not the same as being a Traveller. Irish T ravellers and people who work on fairgrounds are not Gypsies. We are an ethnic race who can trace our origins back to India. We have our own beliefs, culture and traditions. We also have our own language, Romani, which is descended from Sanskrit. Contrary to popular belief, we did not choose this life; we are born Gypsies.

Another common misconception is the belief that Gypsies openly accept anyone into their networks; this is false. Gypsies are highly suspicious of outsiders and vet everyone who they come into contact with.

If you have a distant relative who is a Gypsy, this does not mean we would consider you to be one too. In fact, one Gypsy may consider another Gypsy not to actually be a Gypsy if they do not follow our rituals.

To be accepted by other Romany people, we must follow strict set rules and customs. We believe that observing our 'laws' is what distinguishes us from the (non-Gypsies). We can be belittled, ostracized and excommunicated for something as little as dropping a cloth. Contrary to popular belief, Romany life is anything but carefree.

The vast majority of Romany laws revolve around the belief that the universe is separated into what is clean and what is dirty ( marime ). Being marime - or coming i nto contact with things - can cause a range of conditions including bad luck, sickness, disease and death.

The list of what we consider to be marime is endless. However, we do have generalised categories of marime things. Among other things, liquid which comes from the body (urine etc.), rodents, reptiles or anything which touches the ground are all marime.

Once an item is classed as marime, we avoid or limit contact with that thing. We are taught what is marime and what is not from the moment we are born. Avoiding dirtiness impacts how we act, think and speak.

If a physical thing is especially marime, then the word connected to it is also marime and, therefore, not spoken out loud. For example, because rats are marime, we call them 'things', 'the things' or 'long things'.

Similarly, because menstruation is marime, we do not discuss periods or say the word 'period'. In Romani, there is not a word for menstruation. If we are ill, and must refer to our periods, we call them 'things'.

Because certain conditions are marime, those who suffer from these conditions are given special treatment. Women on their period, or the sick may be feared because they have the power to spread their marime to others. When I was ill around Christmas time, my family separated my stuff from theirs, feared my toothbrush and wouldn't let me touch anything. There was also an understanding that no-one should upset or talk negatively about me.

Our strict way to life even extends to our thoughts. Romany people avoid talking badly about ill people because we believe that illnesses can be attract ed to us by the power of the mind .

If my grandmother had an illness and then I caught it, she would believe I got ill because I didn't give her enough sympathy. She would take me catching the illness as evidence that I was thinking badly about her while she was sick. By thinking 'spiteful' thoughts about her while she was in a marime condition, I put myself into a marime condition (for thinking negatively) which enabled me to capture the disease.

Romany people are not ignorant to how illnesses are spread. But, we are not interested in that. Our focus is not on how but you have caught certain conditions. Therefore, you can attract not only diseases , but unfortunate events - such as broken bones - to yourself by how you think or interact with other individuals.

We believe that some people can be so marime that just by spending time with them, you can become marime by association ; this is another reason why you will not be accepted into a group of Romany individuals . To live a Gypsy life is to live in constant fear of the outside world , which is marime .

The most marime individuals, are the ones who do not follow our cleaning rules and rituals. If you spend time in their environment, touch their stuff and use their cutlery, you too will become marime. In fact, for a Romany person, using the kitchen items of marime individuals is the fastest route to becoming marime like them.

Even as adults, myself and my sisters are warned by our family not to accept food or drink from people who are not related to us , just in case they do not follow our rules or customs - such as how we wash dishes. We always wash dishes in a ritualistic manner which takes into account how much contact they have with the mouth. Cups would go first, in the cleanest water, because you put your mouth directly to a cup. Pots are always washed last, because the body has no direct contact with food from a pot; food goes from the pot to a dish. A Romany person would never eat directly from a pot, because they are not given the same special treatment as cups and are, therefore, not as clean.

Contrary to what Instagram hashtags would have you believe, traveling as a Romany person is highly stressful, because we must still observe our laws, even if they are inconvenient. For example, we prefer to wash dishes in running water, not water which is stale. To avoid making our dishes marime, we must find a source of running water.

Life as a Romany Gypsy is not all boho dresses and stress free living; we must think, act and speak like Gypsies. However, aren't all societies and cultures about acceptance? Doesn't everyone strive to fit in, with their families, their friends and communities? I guess in this way, we are similar. Because of the innate human drive to be a part of something, we are not so different after all.

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My parents are no strangers to making a dollar stretch, both of them being children of the Depression and having raised six kids on a teacher's salary. Some of my favorite recipes on this site are those inexpensive dishes that my folks made for us practically every week when I was growing up, like baked chicken, chili beans, tuna macaroni salad, enchiladas, or hamburger and macaroni.

Even today, if you popped in for dinner unexpectedly, likely one of those would be on the menu that night. And if you were me, you would be darn pleased. Cooking on a budget doesn't mean you have to sacrifice flavor or nutrition.

Some of the themes that mom and dad have perfected over the years in their practical budget-mindedness when it comes to food and cooking are:

Buy it bone-in, skin on. It's cheaper. Buy thighs. More flavor and meat for the money. Save the bones, either before cooking or after a meal. Freeze and use later for making chicken stock. Not only is the marrow from bones incredibly good for you, but if you already have the bones, the stock you can make from it is practically free.

Corn tortillas and beans are cheap, and combined make a complete protein. The beans are especially economical if you buy them dry and cook them yourself, instead of using them from a can. Add some rice and salsa and you have a filling, nutritious, delicious meal.

Great source of inexpensive protein. Make hard boiled eggs for sandwiches or scrambled eggs for breakfast.

4 Use cheaper, tougher cuts of meat

Make stews with beef chuck roasts or pork shoulders. Low and slow braising completely tenderizes the meat, and the flavor is amazing. You can also brown a rump roast on high heat and then lower the heat for low slow cooking for roast beef.

5 Turkey legs and thighs

Best deal out there. You can braise them or make turkey stew.

Make your meal go farther with starches like potatoes, rice, pasta, or tortillas.

Those are just a few of the ideas I've observed from my parents. Personally my favorite budget meal is a peanut butter sandwich. Do you have a favorite tasty and nutritious "budget" menu? If so, please let us know about it in the comments. (By the way, check out the Budget Recipes category on the site!)

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Dear Selena,

Hi babygirl, I can't believe you're all grown up, it feels like only yesterday that the doctor was telling me I had given birth to a beautiful little girl and then them placing you in my arms.
You were so small.
I was so scared that I would break you and that I wasn't ready to be a mom yet, but you were the best thing that happened to me.

When I met your dad things happened so fast. We fell in love fast, we broke our cultuers rules and then just as quickly as we fell in love your father fell out.
He left me all alone, pregnate with no family.
I don't want you to hate your dad, in our culture it is wrong to have sex before marriage and he was scared he's family would shun him and he was scared to be a father so young, he was scared and he was only human. He can't change his mistakes but he can learn from them and I hope that in the years to come he grows and decided to become apart of your life, because you are someone worth knowning.

Your grandparents and my family, I miss them all, and it broke my heart to have to leave and lose them because besides you, they were my world! But if I could go back in time and change anything, I wouldn't, I wouldn't change a thing.

When I met your dad I thought I knew what love was but you showed me the true meaning of love. What it means to put another needs before your own, to love someone no matter the mistakes they make, to just want to protect and shield you from all the bad in the world, a heart just so full of love and happiness. Someone that can simply smile and make you forget all your pain and saddness.
That is what is what I want for you my darling. I want you to be happy and loved and to know what true love feels like; be it with someone you love no matter race, gender or anything, be it a bestfriend that always has your back, or even a sweet little child of your own.

We have gone through so much together, so much good and alot of downs but you have always been my strenght, my guidance and my reason to fight back. You have saved me in more ways than one.
I will love you no matter what!! Nothing will ever change that.

Mom
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