And then it was done…. 5 days in Scotland, 4 nights in 4 different wild camping spots, and a 100km covered by canoe across The Great Glen. And every single weather condition you can imagine… It’s put life into perspective in a way I didn’t imagine. Yesterday morning I used a public loo to have…
Ticks in your creases….
“So if you get a tick on you just pop and see me or Chris and we will remove it…” It was probably at this point that my friend, Bear Mel and I realised we were in over our head… Because with a matter of days left with all my children in the hosue I’ve…
The feeling of being suffocated by an Octopus
This is a curious feeling…. The euphoria from the kids getting the A level results they worked so hard for has settled somewhat and been replaced by a hole in my stomach that feels like it is nibbling away at me; consuming me from the inside out. They are leaving…. 50% of my family will…
The next chapter: A week of two halves…
Last week was eventful, and the continuing proof that life often throws at me that one day never determines the next, emotionally speaking. Wednesday left me feeling raw, to say the least. A hip check up for the small one, (now 14….) confirmed what we probably knew already, more surgery is due, and the…
The days turned to months and months to years….
I blinked and it was done. Just like they told me. And as promised, I don’t know at what point the days turned to months and months to years. All I know is it passed by in a second, yet some times felt like eternity. School is over, the pair of you are in final…
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