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UNPRECEDENTED TIMES

The message flashes up on my phone. “I can’t believe it’s been a year! A year since our last night together.” A year since I cuddled you....

Dry, sparkling grains of sand mulch between my toes and I look up to the bright blue sky, shielding my eyes from the blinding heat of the...

We hear it shatter. A million tiny razor blades slicing the air of the living room and landing scattered across the rug. Reflecting back...

It is 10pm on a Wednesday night and I am watching an exceptional and deeply moving film about communication, love, loss and heartache. It...

Well Ladies and Gentlemen, today it actually happened. Not a brief moment of confusion that passed as quickly as it came. No. I was...

I open the lounge door and see that my eldest daughter has the yoga program on that she loves. Gone are the early, enthusiastic lockdown...

Him: “I’m doing scrambled egg.” Me: “Why are you doing scrambled? We all want dippy.” Him: “Because dippy are more of a faff.” Me: “Well...

The sun has been shining friends, it is true when they say that although it seems that everything else has been cancelled, Spring has...

I open my eyes, I can hear the pitter patter of rain on the window. My eldest daughter climbs in to my bed and snuggles in. I can see a...

My little sister, it’s your birthday. We’ve been incredibly lucky, to have almost always spent your birthday with you, to celebrate. To...

“Are you OK?” I say over morning teas and coffees. “No. I feel fed up today” he says “Yesterday was hard and I’m dreading another day...

“We need to save them for if we really need them!” He says. I say there are lots of people in my village who would understand if they...

I open the door this morning, there are two big boxes on the doorstep full to the brim with delicious looking fresh fruit and veg. The...

Some days, you can’t find the right words to say. So I will say only this: How lovely it was, after days of hearing no one but ourselves,...

For the majority of my life I did not drink coffee. I know. I know that pregnancy is usually the time where most people limit their...

"I just open the fridge door, have a look at what needs using and then scrapple something together' says my Mum, who is infamous for...