It’s five o’clock and I’m in the kitchen cooking dinner. From big daughter’s bedroom above the kitchen comes a constant thud-thud-thud from her CD player which even drowns out the radio I’ve got playing. ...
We usually try to eat our evening meals together at the table. It’s not always easy, with my husband sometimes working late and the siren call of Scooby Doo on the television, but we...
“Congratulations!” read the email. “We have good news about your lottery ticket!” “We could buy a pony … JLS … the make up counter at Boots!” suggested big daughter. “I could be a mermaid,”...
Happy New Year! Usually, I try to not be specific about resolutions other than to try to be a good person, as invariably I’ve forgotten about them by March, but this year I intend...
I love the build up to Christmas, which is just as well as small daughter has been practising the Christmas songs that she will be singing in her class assembly for some weeks now. ...
My husband lost his watch the other day. Not just any old watch, this one had belonged to his Dad who died whilst my husband was in his early twenties, so the sentimental significance...
