It’s been a year. A year since I’ve written anything. I don’t just mean here, but anywhere; a full year since I’ve put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard and written anything more meaningful than a thank-you card for Lily’s teachers at the end of the school year. I couldn’t begin to tell you …
Some years it really is easier and then, out of what feels like total left field, it’s a bad year again. I’ve written about this week before and how my mind is completely distracted, but I don’t think I’ve talked about the weight of it, the physical ache, the near-constant feel of tears behind my …
You might think, from the title, that I’m about to tell you how incredible it was to witness the birth of my new niece, Penelope, this week. You’re not entirely wrong. Being allowed to be in that room, to share this moment with my sister – my other half – is beyond anything I can …
We’re back home and on the mend. It was a bit of a tough transistion, getting nursing care arranged for both at home and at school and so Lily was away from school longer than we had hoped, but she went back late last week and has been as happy as they come ever since. …
Next week will be the culmination of the last few months for me. There have been things going on behind the scenes – nothing with Lily, just some time spent reflecting on how to become the person that I see in myself versus the person that I portray to the rest of the world. It’s …
“T’is the season when the saints can employ us to spread the news about peace and to keep love alive.” 10 points to you if you knew that was from A Muppets Christmas Carol, but another 10 points if you know that for all of the Christmas songs and carols out there, this is the …