The Year of Tin

23/06/2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

To You, Wow! 10 Years. There was a moment a while back I wasn’t so sure we’d get to this anniversary. This time last year I did not enjoy buying your anniversary card, I didn’t want to tell you how much of a good husband you were or pick a soppy card brimming with sentiments […]

Blackened Heart

21/06/2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Blackened Heart Unloved, unwanted Alone Wallowing, wilting In darkness As pure souls Live, laugh In light Blackened Heart Uninvited, unfriended Vile Bitterness Consumed Still spouting bile As pure souls Live, laugh In life Blackened Heart Unable, unwilling To care Soulless Blinded to truth In darkness As pure souls Protected by love Remain untainted by hate.

Dance

17/06/2016.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hear the beat Of your own drum The sound Deep in your soul Follow dreams In spite of rain Don’t wait For pass of storms Live in light Don’t be afraid Stand for All you believe Let love win Have time for hope No hate Feel happiness Pay no mind To who may stare Be […]

Not for his Chicken Legs

15/06/2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

I didn’t know how I would react when I first saw him. I knew, rightly or wrongly, that my reaction weighed heavily on him. My initial response would reflect his. As I’d left him, I had been overwhelmed with the realisation of what was about to happen knowing how much he didn’t want it to. […]

When the small boy turned 2

11/06/2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

I wasn’t ready last year. To celebrate Sams birthday. I didn’t want to think about it, the date. Didn’t want to be reminded of what had happened, what he went through. The run up made me feel anxious, sick and teary. I wanted to forget. Forget about his traumatic entrance in the world. Forget my […]