This micro memoir draws on my own memories and on the telling and retelling of funny stories in our family over the years. I hope you enjoy it and maybe it will bring up some lovely memories of your own. It's dedicated to my Mum for Mother's Day. My mother’s dressing table was clustered with treasures when I … Continue reading Mother’s Day memories of childhood moments with Mum
I would have liked to have known my father when he was alive the way I’m getting to know him now, six years after he passed away. When I set out to write his life story in late 2013, I started without doing any research and the stories just flowed out of me and onto … Continue reading Three things I’ve learned while writing about a loved one
My Dad did many things in his life but there’s one thing he did that to me, feels like he achieved the impossible. He managed to leave me and each of my sisters with the quiet belief that we were his favourite girl. That wasn't a word Dad would have used, nor was it something … Continue reading Enough treasured stories of Dad to fill a book
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