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This has been a week of cranky days, the kids are cranky and so am I and I have no idea why. When days like this come along it’s very easy to spiral down into a place of meanness and…
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Today I heard something that made me realise how much my husband has affected all of us. I heard a child, not one of mine, break something. It wasn’t anything particularly important and their mother wasn’t particularly upset but I…
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Last month my Aunt was admitted to hospital after a fall and my mother has asked that the hospital keep her until she is more mobile. We hadn’t seen her for three months because of my husband’s breakdown and we…
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OK, so I’m not a son and to be honest I haven’t been off spending my father’s money on riotous living either but I sort of feel like the prodigal son coming home. When I was a child our family…
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This has been a very difficult week in many ways. Following the missed access last Sunday we had a suicide attempt on Monday. Apparently my husband thinks that swimming is a good way to end his life at the moment….
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My husband missed out on access with Mowgli yesterday because he didn’t bother organising anything or telling me what the plan was. He finally got in touch five minutes before it should have been ending and complained that he didn’t…
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I admit, I was surprised to find that my grocery list has changed so much now that I’m shopping for me and two teenagers instead of my husband, me and two teenagers. Some things I could sort of predict but…
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