My life story in pictures
So I am sitting here looking at pictures of my kids. I am wondering whether there was a time when my own mother did this very same thing. No computers […]
Category Archives: stories
Joe is finally a hero
Meet Uncle Joe. I never did, by the way. He died many many years before I was born. I recall his photograph sitting on my Nan’s sideboard. It was, in […]
Just like riding a bike
The sun came out on Sunday. A brief period of relief from northern frost. Due to the somewhat lingering ‘in-transit’ state of our house since moving (albeit 6 months ago), […]
Where is the decorating fairy?
I am dreaming of clean white walls, polished floorboards and crisp, pristine bed linen. Maybe some ambient lighting or a strategically placed cushion or two…. Instead I am trapped in […]
“Did a Giant do it, mummy?”
This is the first thing we overheard when we climbed the many steps from Scarborough’s South Bay yesterday, up to the Spa Walkway bridge, to get a bird’s-eye view of […]
A sobering moment
I have been having a bit of trouble getting hold of my friend. We live a couple of hundred miles apart, but have been friends for about 25 years (ouch […]
The biggest cliche of them all
It seems that the years go by in a flash, doesn’t it? ‘MyStories’ is intended to help you record those important happenings in life which you may not be able […]
