Take Everyday as it Comes

17/10/2016.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’m going to let you into a little secret about how I’ve got through the majority of the year. I stopped thinking long-term. We like to think long-term don’t we. Us humans. We have a picture in our heads about how our lives, in general, will turn out. We like to imagine what it will […]

Making the most of an old school normal week

24/02/2016.Reading time 3 minutes.

It’s not all bad on this journey we’ve been forced to take. Among the horror, the shittiness, the ever-changing emotions, the juggling, and the tension, there is still opportunity for normality. For calm. Our normal has changed, adjusted and will keep doing so as Chris’ treatment plan progresses. Last week was old school normal. It […]

When is gout not gout?

18/11/2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

Dear Universe, I require the details of your complaints department. Quite frankly I’ve had enough and to be brutally honest I think you’re taking the piss. I want my money, well maybe not money. Karma, good times, luck, something back. How unlucky do you have to make one family? We have had our fair share […]

The curious incident of the fish in the bit drawer

20/10/2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

Something happened today which is completely unexplainable and for most of the day had us, well, baffled. A week or so ago the munchkin won a goldfish at a fair. She hit the bell on one of those hammer test of strength things. The guy was all, ‘don’t worry if you don’t ring the bell, […]

Distance

09/05/2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It’s gaping, obvious Growing A black hole An ever-increasing Expanse I am here and you are there Floating further away Increasing the space between us A gravitational pull in opposite directions Until we’re tiny specks to each other Over miles of emptiness It’s gaping, obvious A black hole. And we hope The tiny threads that […]