I used to play snakes and ladders with my family when I was a child. Being the youngest of three boys, it was one of...
DAD BLOGS: Ben
tell them
The eighty-five-year-old driver who killed my wife, Desreen, was jailed just before Christmas for eighteen months for...
los muertos
“Life can be really tough for the living.” – Mary Beth, The Book of Life It was Halloween this week and as I tucked...
fortune tellers
I’ve heard it said that you should never read your own reviews. Having never written anything that was subject to...
parallel starts
One thing I’ve often thought about over the past couple of years is the allure of the so-called ‘fresh start’. This...
happy birthday
How do hold onto something that’s gone? How do make something that’s finished go on?How do you get through the day...
Summer sabbatical
In July last year I decided to leave my job to be with my son. Actually, I’ll correct myself, I think it would be fair...
Don’t ask
I find that some days my grief just grows heavy and intense without any real warning or explanation. These days,...
Just everything
Some days are really hard: some because something specific happens and others because nothing specific happens at all....