An Unplanned Sunday Evening Drive

We drove in convoy, a boy each, the girl with me. I kept cheerful but my mind wandered. The boy asked me questions about words he found in the book he was reading. “What’s subsisdence Mam ?” I answered, distracted, checking his sister in the rear view mirror. I tried…

Continue reading

Hospital Food Horrors

I’ve been lucky enough to only have spent time in hospital when my three babies were born, so thankfully my experience of hospital food is limited.  However, I had learned enough from my stays for the boys’ births in 2008 and 2010 that before I went in to have my…

Continue reading