Moving house. Arghhh! Why is it so difficult? Seriously, 11 months and 9 days ago our house went on the market. Since then I’ve managed…
Making a fort, pillow fights, baking cakes, mud pies in the garden, bedtime stories. Chances are if you’ve ever had small people to raise/look after,…
Last time I shared the story of how I enlisted the help of three small people to make a marriage proposal to the lovely Gemma.…
There’s a reason the phrase ‘never work with animals or children’ is so popular. It’s because working with animals or children has been scientifically proven*…
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not opposed to the number two. There are many things that come in twos, which I love: jeans, for example.…
It’s 3.15am and I’m lying on the floor of my Premier Inn room next to a large, inviting double bed. The floor is so hard,…
Several years ago I was fortunate to be able to visit good friends who live in Thailand. It was around 3 months after my wife,…
It’s freezing. I’m stood in driving rain, and my pants are now soggy. I’m being battered by gale force winds and I’m trying to muster…
It was sometime around 2am, and I was lying awake, my mind racing, tears streaming down my face as I looked at the big empty…
It’s an adage as old as time, parents are supposed to embarrass their children. I’m pretty sure it’s in the parenting manual that you should…