by admin | Oct 22, 2020 | Life in general
I’ve been away a while. Busy on other things – mostly ‘being a XXX’ which, dependent on the day of the week and the time of day could have been a mum, a wife, a friend, a confidante, a shoulder, a supporter, a teacher…the list goes on....
by admin | Oct 20, 2017 | Life in general
Leaving home for University is an interesting time. I took it reasonably seriously. And I was hopeful. I decided to go on the pill. Clearly, being a new grown up, I needed to act responsibly. At some point I was bound to get lucky. I dutifully registered with the...
by admin | Sep 4, 2017 | Life in general
I am not a doctor, psychologist or psychiatrist but I have a unique experience of eating disorders – my little sister, Pip, suffered anorexia from the age of eleven until four days before her 40th birthday when she died weighing 4st10lbs. In his final report,...
by admin | Mar 6, 2016 | Life in general
To most of you, this is the sort of thing you get for or from a granny, bought hastily from a dusty chemist on a parade of forgotten shops. To me, this is a poignant and deeply sentimental gift. It was given to me on Mothers Day by my mum, three weeks before she died....
by admin | Feb 2, 2016 | Life in general
We’ve had a dearth of death these last few weeks. Bowie, Rickman, Glen Frey…now Sir Terry. And whilst death is a fact that we all accept – particularly as we ripen and mature as humans – I can’t help but feel a deep dark sorrow for our...
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