Sincerity and sarcasm – a journal of sorts
1 August 2018 – the funeral day for Kate. May she rest in peace. Our love and support are with her friends and family…
It’s never too late to have a happy childhood. ~ Berkeley Breathed I first heard the phrase “Once a man, twice a child” from my mother’s lips….
Be where you are, otherwise you will miss your life. ~ Buddha Growing up, my siblings and I were not allowed to refer to…
Bronson and I would have been married 21 years tomorrow. It would also have been his 61st birthday. Six months ago, I started scribbling…
At a recent hospital appointment, the medical assistant asked my date of birth, which I gave. He looked up and down from his clipboard…
This week, I came to see that in nursing the hole of Bronson’s passing, there were smaller, gaping wounds which had been left to…
I read somewhere that a good habit is as hard to break as a bad one. My morning habit is to rise about 4.30…
My version of doing nothing is sitting down to read a book, perhaps whilst having a cup of peppermint or chai tea. I’ll then…
This personal essay first appeared in Black Hair Magazine on 27 March 2018 and is reproduced this week on my blog as it is no…
I’m trying to remember the last time I hand wrote a letter to someone. Not counting love letters, thank you notes and letters to…
A writing prompt on the internet this week (‘Leaving Home’) reminded me of a piece my then teenage daughter Morgan wrote in 2013. She…
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. ~ Lewis B. Smedes A business con man I…
I am 56 years’ old today and recently considered dying my black hair a fashionable grey. That midlife double bluff where people think we…
Since the radiotherapy days, my immune system is not as robust as it used to be and so I caught flu last week. Although,…
A writing prompt on the internet this week (‘Leaving Home’) reminded me of a piece my then teenage daughter Morgan wrote in 2013. She…
Underneath all the parenting angst, I yearned for the days when my teenager didn’t see me as the enemy, but their go-to person and…
As parents, we never know how happy we are until “the next thing,” and there is always the next thing. And have you noticed…
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