Who knows what day it is, or rather how many days in we are? The time is counted in years now, not days. But the numbers of the infected...

You had your 7th birthday yesterday Robin. You are growing up so fast and I have felt speechless, oh not lost for the words to tell you...

A phone call came this morning, just as I got in from taking our little boy to school. My Auntie had passed away at 11 p.m. the previous...

“If you had a brother, no, a brother and a sister, then you added us two, and then you, there would be seven of us in your house”, so...

I am watching our son have his swimming lesson. He is really enjoying it; he is gaining confidence and a sense of himself as he masters a...

We are watching ‘Star Wars Return of The Jedi’. I have seen the other two films and realise I am feeling sympathetic towards Darth Vader....

We had a family day out, my idea, nothing grand just a play area and a picnic. At the end of a couple of hours we got back in the car all...

The builders are in and work has commenced on the house. This would be fine except we haven’t exchanged contracts yet. Everything seems...

I suppose we are putting down roots, claiming somewhere as ours. This feels exciting and scary. What is happening? Well we are hoping...

A New Year seems to herald the feeling that things must change, that I must change, start afresh, that there must be a new beginning, and...

Our son came home and told us he was going to be a King in his school Nativity play which was about the midlife crisis. Further...

We see a dragonfly while walking down to pick our son up from school. I can’t wait to tell him and hope we can spot it on the walk back...

I feel the need to try and make sense of things, to find the time for me. I am my own worst enemy in this as I don’t find it easy to put...

I have been reading a magazine called ‘Spirit and Destiny’. After scanning the newsagent’s shelves for something meditative or soulful it...

Why am I reminded of the sea? It’s raining and a mist has settled around the trees on the hills in the distance. Last night I drew back...

I feel as though I’m holding my breath – I feel unsure about this transition. What will change? What will get better? What will be ahead?...

The worst weather seems to always be after Christmas, in the New Year – fact or fiction that’s how it feels. As I write, the view in...

“Where did you get that from?”, asks our 7 year old son scornfully over his shoulder, “Parenting for Dummies?”. And with that last remark...

I walk over to pick up the stone. It is standing upright, a perfect heart shape in the verge at the side of the lane. The verge is raised...

So, I started this blog to deal with living through a pandemic, to help me make sense of how I felt and hopefully, what was going on...