FriendlyDragonSpouse

Back in 2018, I posted about the mammoth task of clearing my parents' house  before and after their death At the end of this, I said som...

Imagine for a minute that you are a child born in 2000 to parents in secure public sector employment, with access to (subsidised) pre-school...

This was originally posted in 2015, but seems relevant again at the moment. “ There are copies of candidate statements available. Can ...

  My son is an ambulatory wheelchair user. He's about to start university, and today we travelled into central Manchester for his Disabl...

Having already written, delivered and published eulogies for my parents and my partner, I thought it only right to add that of my late mothe...

As this is their first Fathers Day without their dad, here is what my kids felt about him. Read by Megan at his funeral in December 2022. De...

“And worse I may be yet: the worst is not So long as we can say 'This is the worst.” Shakespeare, King Lear  I didn't blog at all in...