Windflowers

My son attended a parent-teacher meeting this week and the P1 teacher waxed lyrical about his youngest child. She pointed out that he was ex...

I know it is sad to stand at a funeral and remember someone but in Gertrude’s case, she was really ready “to go to sleep and not wake up”, a...

My grandmother died aged 25 when my father was only 14 months old. One of the few photos we have is her sitting with him, a baby on her lap....

It has been such a special time with you and I have luxuriated in all these moments of fellowship. I cannot be grateful enough for all these...

I cannot remember when it was first said to me exactly, but I can remember the location. My dad and I were driving up to a forest walk near ...

Heartbroken by the rows of trolleys packed back to back in corridors at 2 am in a darkened A&E department. Most seem to hold an elderly ...

There are days that bring a sigh to the heart.  Day followed by day with no respite.  Too many souls feel growing despair within.  At such t...

My two grandsons, 3 and 5 years old, were coming to stay. It would only be for two days but we had steadied ourselves, my mum and I. Lo...

There was a time when they were just so many weddings. It felt like the whole world had conspired to get married simultaneously. Especi...

My heart goes out to you on the loss of your son. Ever since I received the news the shock has left me devastated. He was suc...

The Skype calls and I race to turn off radio 4 and click on the green icon to accept the call.   Then there in the ...