I have no brother. Those were the first words that came into my head this morning as sleep left my body. Mike had already got up to start on the morning routine. The children’s voices travelled up the stairs as they argued over who was having what cereal and who asked for their toast to… 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
After six months of taking it easy on an extended sabbatical my brother is finally back home. Okay, so if I’m honest it wasn’t quite a fun, relaxing trip or anything. It was a fight against leukaemia. When he was first diagnosed I was trying to reassure the children that Jim would… Read More
November 13th 2015 would be the first date to turn our family’s lives upside down in the months to come. My brother Jimmy – a fit and healthy sporty type, a lecturer of public services, a gym regular and a hardened anti-smoking advocate – was admitted to hospital after experiencing a… Read More