Family life, Latest articles, Uncategorized

A letter to my son on the eve of his GCSE results

Dear Harry Tomorrow is the most important day of your life – except it’s not.  It feels like it is, and it feels like the culmination of every single thing you have ever worked for in your entire life.  Twelve years of hard graft, of homework, tests, projects, reading, more homework, more tests, choices, course… Read More A letter to my son on the eve of his GCSE results

Family life, Latest articles, Mental Health

Mother’s Day and grief – shouldn’t I be over this now?

Mother’s Day is here again and like so many who have lost their mother I’ve struggled during the run-up to it. The barrage of non-stop advertising on social media and television has been relentless and it’s hard to escape. It’s more than twenty years since my mother died of cancer; she was just 51 at… Read More Mother’s Day and grief – shouldn’t I be over this now?