Our family lives firmly by the motto that you can never have too many books, just not enough time to read them in. (Use this Barnes and Noble coupon code to start building your own library). We have now also reached the stage whereby it isn’t just an issue of time, but also… Read More
We agreed. We disagreed. We argued. We made up. We laughed. We cried. No matter what else we did, we always, always loved each other. On Tuesday, 15th November 2016, my only sibling lost his battle against leukaemia after fighting a year and a day. I will miss you, my baby brother. You have no… Read More
Last week I published a roundup explaining what we had been up to over the last few weeks. The roundup covered everything from a CCU stay, a hospital wedding arranged in four hours, lost teeth, car breakdowns, a bunch of lycra-clad young men running half naked around Richmond Park and a camping trip.… Read More
There is no doubt about it, this year has been an interesting one and one where nothing at all has gone to plan. Nothing at all. This time last year we had no idea that my only sibling, my brother Jimmy, would be diagnosed with leukamia. We had no idea at all either… Read More
Deciding what I wanted for my 16th birthday was a struggle for me. It was getting closer and closer to the date, yet whenever I was asked what I wanted I had no answer. I’m not one for unnecessary spending and I already had everything I needed, so I didn’t really want to ask… Read More
There is something quite appealing about the first sunny days after a long, dark winter. As I look out of the window now it could all have been an illusion but, for a few days at least, we could have been forgiven for thinking that spring was well under way and the… Read More