Dear school (teachers and staff), I’m sorry I didn’t pay attention to our last days together. I had no idea that my 16 years as a mum at our local primary would end like this, none of us did. One minute you were part of life’s fingerprint, the next it was over. Secondary too, but […]
Self-isolation: Day three, things I learned
Self-isolation: Day two, things I’ve learned
I think it was the piano that did it. Googling the piano like the yamaha dgx 640 digital piano, and wondering whether Amazon (or whoever) would be able to deliver it. In a dull moment (of which there have been surprisingly few) I found myself wondering about all the marvelous things we could learn during […]
Self isolation: Day one, things I’ve learned
It’s funny how the significant moments happen without fanfare, rather than to the big hulloo you think they deserve. Working from home this lunchtime when Boy Two came in from school looking clammy and pale. He flopped onto the spare bed and said: “Urgh.” He was shivery and warm, achy, coughing and tired. Oh, shit. […]