Yesterday was the 35th anniversary of the day my brother lost his fight with leukaemia; a day I have difficulty in remembering every year. My natural coping mechanism was to erase the date from my memory. I always know it’s August but can’t remember exactly when. But yesterday my parents sent me photographs and a […]
2017 Favorites ‘To celebrate the end of the year, share the most meaningful photo you’ve taken in 2017.’ This week’s theme is tricky – I’ve had my digital SLR camera for just over a year now and I’ve taken hundreds of photos of which a good proportion of them have ended up deleted. However, I’ve […]
I’m so proud I could burst! My lovely Dad has been recognised in the New Year’s honours list for his fundraising work. He has been awarded an MBE for 30 years of service, raising money for Bloodwise a charity who are ‘here to beat blood cancer.’ Dad has volunteered for Bloodwise since losing his teenage son, my brother Paul, […]
It’s been just over 29 years since you left us Paul and if you had just walked through my front door – boy what a different world you would see! The internet was just a ‘work in progress’ when you passed away in 1985 – we had Space Invaders and Pac-Man and the Sony Walkman. […]
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