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If I'm going to get something, I usually get it in spades - luck (both kinds), children, clutter, dirty laundry, bright ideas, daft ideas...

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310/365 Look into my eyes, mummy

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Putting Boy Three into the car to go to nursery this morning, he suddenly flung his arms around my neck as I leaned over to strap him in. He pulled me close. “Look into my eyes mummy,” he gripped my face between his hands so I was within kissing distance of the tip of his nose. My heart […]

309/365 day 6 The Ingratitude of the Lucky

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  “Tell us about a time everything fell into place.” When I saw today’s prompt, I thought it would be an easy one. Things fall into place all the time with a satisfying clunk. They do for me. My car engine works, my wifi connects, my fridge yields ingredients, my family come home, my writing […]

308/365 day 5 it goes with a bang

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  I love fireworks. They’re pointless, noisy and fleeting. They are potentially dangerous and expensive. What else would draw perfectly sane people to huddle in a field up to their ankles in mud or worse? Even the names are colourful – rockets, Roman candles and Catherine wheels. Maybe it’s the transience of the rainbow explosion […]