Uno!

Uno!

The big family holiday is coming up. My Mum, his parents, the monkeys, the bestie and the dog are off to Anglesey.   I’m trying not to strip the joy out of it with military planning and go with the flow. The house we’ve rented is a wi-fi free zone so...
Turning 40

Turning 40

Turning 40 was awesome. The cliches of getting better with age feel very true for me. I met my beloved at 37 and became a stepmum and homeowner very quickly after that. We married when I was 38 and 40 was a time for appreciating how far I’d come.  ...
I need to be eight

I need to be eight

I have a cold. It’s not a polite cold. A sniffle and a cough like a mildly enraged librarian. It’s turned me into a human snot producing soda stream. I am aching. My eyes ache. It hurts to swallow. If you poke my face (not recommended) it squishes. So what...