Posts Tagged ‘Family’

Welcome my loves to this, an anonymous guest post. I’m sure you’ll agree it makes a welcome change from the shite which I normally spout - enjoy xxx
They say the middle child is prone to fall between two stalls: neither the first born nor the baby, it can be hard for them to get their [...]

So, tonight my ickle Mummy and me (yes I know that’s grammatically incorrect, but this is a blog, baby - deal mmmkay?) got ourselves just the right side of wasted.
Of course I heart my Mum for hundreds of reasons, but perhaps the most important of which is her absolutely, ever-present, un-erring belief in me. According [...]

You know what?
Sometimes you might be sad…
Somedays you’ll wish and hope and think and maybe even pray.
But maybe, because you’ve never been god fearing… He won’t hear you.
Don’t worry.
I can hear it.
I feel sad too.
Keep your pecker up baby. I’m listening,
Not that I think I’m God or nothin’. I’m just sad like you x
This just [...]

Dear hearts, Nanny died today.
I dearly hope you’ll join me in raising a toast to a fabulous human being.
Death in this instance is happy-sad.
Words rarely fail me, the verbose little bitch that I am… But, in this instance I’ve elected to re-purpose (she’s for he’s) what was an already marvellous poem by W.H. Auden. I’d [...]

Acts of sheer human will are rare, beautiful and fantastic.
For the last few years my Nanna has suffered from dementia. Dementia robbed us of the woman we loved, adored and respected.
But in the last few days, she’s come back.
My Nanna can’t talk, can’t walk, can’t feed herself. She can no longer communicate.
It’s been a long [...]