Category Archives: Family
Founded Friendships
I spent two nights in Treliske Hospital over the Easter weekend. The trip was not prearranged and most certainly was not as enjoyable as the fantastic weekend I had meticulously planned. We had managed to drive all the way down … Continue reading
Home Shopping
Don’t you just hate chasing your tail? At the moment I am running round like the proverbial demented cat wishing for a few extra hours in the day to just appear. Instead of which we are about to lose an … Continue reading
Border Line Senility
It was the domino effect rather than the senility, I hope, that resulted in embarrassment for me. As most people know Mini Son and I go to the same school. He studies hard and learns lots. I work hard and … Continue reading
Shriven
We have just reached the season of lent which may not be a calendar season but for all Christians has exceptional resonance as the build up to the most important date in the Christian calendar. The marketing man has woken … Continue reading
Battered not Broken
It is so difficult as a mother watching your child hurt themselves. I now also know that it doesn’t get any easier with time. I find it so easy to step back and remember the moment when that perfect little … Continue reading
Date for Love
I stepped into the supermarket last weekend to pick up a pint of milk, well 6 pints actually as one pint in our house does not go far. The first thing to hit me was the huge display of flowers … Continue reading
Fighting Felines
My garden is a permanent battle ground for local cats at the moment. I was tolerant but since the demise of Tetley last summer, who had the monopoly on my garden; the neighbourhood moggy population has decided that I am … Continue reading
Victorian Attitudes
Times are a changing! I guess for adults reading this your age will change your recollection slightly. When you recall your school days some like me; will be filled with horror at the tunnelled opportunities and others will remember … Continue reading
Broken Resolutions
Happy New Year. I hope the festive season brought all you desired wrapped in love, health and happiness. My biggest complaint; that it was not long enough, and I feel propelled into the New Year having not stopped for breath. … Continue reading
Nativity Tidings
Once upon a time in a land far far away a young man found himself travelling miles from home with his pregnant fiancée to a town heaving with visitors. The emperor had decided to count his wealth and check that … Continue reading