I turned 40 today, and while my children slept, and the house was gloriously quiet, I decided to spend a bit of my birthday thinking about what my life has taught me so far. Here are the first 40 things that came to mind. Growing old is a privilege that we should never stop
Dear fathers of special needs children, I don’t get to meet you that often, you’re not a rare species so much as a precious one. As much as I’m conscious that there will be men who will take a very active part in their disabled child’s care, the fact is that the majority of people that
I wrote this post for one of my favourite charities Post Pals back in 2010. I still remember lying on my bed very late at night tapping the words into my phone as Dominic slept in his hospital bed next to me and my other two children slept miles away in their own beds at
For once I am going to take an uncharacteristically minimalist approach to how many words I use to get to the point. All I’ll say is that when I asked for my children’s help I was overwhelmed by how they all unquestioningly rallied to help me put this together. They are just as proud
Dear Mr Collin Brewer, Firstly may I congratulate you on your recent re-election. It has certainly come as a surprise to many. Indeed I believe that I can count myself amongst the number of people who were slightly bemused as to quite what societal blip occurred in-between your apologetic resignation in February and then rather