Family & Relationships
Thoughts and memories about my family, it’s past and it’s future.
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Reasons to work
I’ve been made been made redundant three times in my career, so far, and the first two were from my first two jobs. Not a great start, you’d think. The first time was from a small Scottish company called Crossaig (I built their website back in 1999, christ I’m old…) they were, in hindsight, just…
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Almost 50
Apparently old age hits when you are 68, or so I read. I’m not sure why that is, and I’m sure smarter people than me have outlined the reasons in great detail but, on the whole, it sounds about right given that I’m soon to turn 50 and I do not think I’m all that…
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Daisy is 1
Dear Daisy, How are you one year old already? Doesn’t time fly when you are such an adorable, cute and funny little person! Admittedly it’s taken until about now for you to stop frowning or crying when you see me but don’t worry, your sister was exactly the same so I didn’t take it to…
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Lucy is 6
Dear Lucy, Right. You can stop now. Stop all this growing up and going to school and becoming a young woman already. I will not stand for this nonsense! I jest, a little, but your Aunt Becca and I were just saying the other day how sometimes we see photos of you and can’t believe…
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Sad comforts
I’ve always admired poets, admired with envy as I gaze upon their words, the way they flow, the imagery they conjure, the emotions captured and delivered with subtle grace and ingenuity. Hell even just getting a few paragraphs that follow some form of cadence is a miracle to me. Oh yes, I’ve tried my hand…
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Dear Dad
It’s been six months since my Dad suddenly passed away. Since then I’ve been working through my grief and, somehow, stumbled across an Instagram account by Dr Laura Williams who shares writing prompts as one way to help people process their grief. It immediately struck a chord with me as my go-to method for dealing…