Lesson learned number 27- second chance

Lesson learned number 27- second chance

As the year comes to a close it is time to reflect on the year, and appreciate all the highs, and lows, which inevitably all of us will have experienced. For me the end of this year and month is made even more poignant. This time a decade ago life was precarious. I...
I can’t go back the door is closed

I can’t go back the door is closed

This is a personal post about my realisation that I cannot go back to the other sider as the door is closed. Some of you will know that I reflect. In a few days time I reaching the tenth anniversary of my dear Paa’s death. I feel a fraud when I say he is dead,...
I can’t go back the door is closed

73 days to go….

In 73 days, I will reach the tenth anniversary of my father’s passing, yes, his death. It is still hard to acknowledge his death. What have I learnt in these intervening years? A great deal about myself and about us, and about the kindness from people I least...
Ninth anniversary…

Ninth anniversary…

As I sit by my laptop, I realise it has been some time since I wrote a blog here. I do still write but recently I have been writing a regular column for our regional paper, the Yorkshire Post. In front of me is a photograph of my father taken at a studio when my...
8 years in 8 days- the 8th anniversary!

8 years in 8 days- the 8th anniversary!

“The sands of time will never wash away the love that I have for you. Your sweet memory will remain forever in my heart.” – Louise Hay It will be my dad’s 8th anniversary in 8 days time on 30th December 2021.  8 years since he passed away but the words he...