Every Single Day
Life here in North Yorkshire is beautifully, predictably dull. I wouldn’t change it for the world. Every Single Day I wake my beauties… Every Single Day, we get ready and […]
Tag Archives: life
Lifeline
Teeny bit of language at the bottom of this post, so ask your toddler to step away from the computer and watch Peppa Pig for a bit… A lady once […]
Are you part of the Nation of Storytellers?
I was approached recently by the good people from Blurb who have launched a campaign to get people writing down their family stories. It is said that, in an average lifetime, […]
16,425 Mornings
Today is my Birthday. I am celebrating it with a clear blue sky and an ever-diminishing number of birthday cards (apparently a direct correlation between increasing number of years and […]
Rollermania! (‘Life’s a Journey’ Series, Week 17)
This post is part of a weekly series of ‘link-up’ Posts which reflect on life’s journey, old memories and family stories (see below for more info). There are certain eras that can […]
Mini Memoirs: Kate Winslet (Wha? It’s Titanic week!)
Since nostalgia is my game, and since it would be churlish to let this April pass without so much as a sniff of a mention of Titanic on the 100th […]
Anniversary Memorial
55 years ago this week, my parents were married. Each and every March these annual events passed, unnoticed and unmarked by we children. There was never a fuss over celebrating […]
‘Blue’: Girl Guides, Revisited (Life’s a Journey, week 11)
This post is part of a weekly series of ‘link-up’ Posts which reflect on life’s journey, old memories and family stories (see below for more info). I noticed last week […]
Homage to Grandparents (‘Life’s a Journey’ series, Week 8)
Grandmas hold our tiny hands for just a little while, but our hearts forever. ~Author Unknown A moment this week to pay homage to those special ‘extra’ parents who mark […]
Millennium Baby reaches his twelfth year
My Millennium baby. What a ruddy stupid time to be pregnant. Whilst everyone else in the entire Universe was out partying to the event of a lifetime which only comes […]
‘Life’s a Journey’ series. Week 4: Bestest Friends
Last week in the series, we discussed your earliest school work. Less ‘things’, more ‘people’ from our lives this week….. I have met an awful lot of people in my […]
The Heirloom
I’m not entirely sure how I came to have this in my possession. I do remember that, some time after Mum passed away, my Dad finally found the strength to […]
‘Life’s a Journey’ series, Week 2: The School Portrait
From last week’s ‘my earliest baby photo‘, this week we’re taking a step forward a few years to those heady school days…….. 1974. Another miserably disappointing year for the eagerly […]
Childhood’s Simple Pleasures
Recently, my small, wise 4 year old child achieved a milestone. He got a new scooter and he learned the art of balance. It was a little tiny jump into […]
Letters home rediscovered, 1946
My home is stuffed with precious things. None more so than this small box of envelopes. After 65 years secreted away in a plastic bag, they were discovered by my […]
