Football: Shooting from the heart ~ Northernmum

Football: twin boy

Twin boy is becoming a young man in front of me, his hands reside somewhere near his manhood at all times and he is brewing a dislike of all things girlie.

His love affair with the great British sport of football is fully underway and I despair daily when I have to put away the shredded remains of the wrappers of his Euro 12 stickers.  I have one grown man firmly stapled to the sofa whilst bigger men run around  on the TV chasing a ball and one smaller man seizing every opportunity to take his little foot and welly a ball against my garage door.

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The one about death….

Twin girl and I were out on a rare morning alone together, we chatted about life, the state of the world, her upcoming ballet test and her team of Moshi Monsters. When we …

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