I’ve never really understood just how desperate a person can be to feel well again until this last year. I’ve heard stories of people with chronic illness, debilitating conditions, even terminal illness, who have resorted to the most far-fetched, seemingly ridiculous measures, simply to try to feel better. And I never thought that I would…
Being ill sucks at the best of times and yet being ill when you’re a parent? There really is nothing worse. You have no choice but to carry on as normal, to deal with whiny, demanding children who insist on clambering all over you, screaming and shouting and preventing you from doing the one thing…
If you’d have told me this time last year that I’d be “A Playgroup Mum”, I’d never have believed you. I’m not a particularly sociable person, can just about manage family and friends most days, but making conversations and small talk with people I don’t know? Definitely not my idea of fun. So when the…
Funerals are just the worst. And that’s the understatement of the year. But funerals for those who are lost too soon are just so tragic. And today I watched one of my oldest and best friends say goodbye to her lovely dad and it just about broke my heart. I won’t go into details, that’s…