When I was a child I used to suffer from nosebleeds every time the shifting seasons caused an acute change in the...
DAD BLOGS: Ben
audio book
Adults who lost a parent as children often get in touch to reassure me that they got through it and that, for the most...
Changing direction
Life rarely goes exactly to plan. When I was young there was a time when I really thought that I wanted to be a bin...
Smiley faces
I’ve felt a great degree of tension about how to best raise my son since my wife was killed. Immediately after her...
Beyond pain
I don’t think I had ever cried over the death of a person I didn’t know until the other night. As I was leaving work I...
Dreading things
Hangovers are a funny old business. In that moment when I’m about to down something that looks radioactive and tastes...
Male pride
A few weeks ago when I was staying away from home with friends, I asked them if they ever get any genuine sense of...
The Couch
I’ve started seeing a counsellor again. I first tried psychotherapy a couple of months after my wife was killed but it...
nervous breakdown
Around this time last year I went on holiday with my best friends and Jackson. It didn’t go too well. I’m not sure why...