Dear Sleep…

Dear Sleep Remember those good old days when we used to spend hours together, dreaming beautiful dreams, night after night? After a busy day, you were always there waiting with…

The Broken Boys

This week’s ‘The Prompt’ is ‘I read the news today…’ which reminded me of an assignment I had when I was doing a creative writing course to write a piece…

Me holding a Speak and Spell toy with my twin sister and nephew when we were small children

Childhood through the ages

Sometimes when I watch Jessica and Sophie playing, I realise just how much things have changed since I was a little girl.  Jessica is already able to use a iPod,…

Sophie asleep in her cot

It was inevitable

It was inevitable that the week leading up to my birthday would see hubby even more sleep-deprived than me due to working into the early hours on events followed by…