Shooting star (noun): A small, rapidly moving meteor burning up on entering the earth’s atmosphere Sometimes I just write, I don’t even know who to. I found this on my phone, written at 11pm on Sunday 22nd December 2019, three …
Light in the Dark
Friendship is the candle that lights up your heart whenever it is dark outside. This is the message I sent to two friends on the day of my daughter’s cremation. “My daughter” – I like saying that. These two friends …
Our Summer’s Day
Neonatal Death (medical): when a baby dies in the first 28 days of life. The neonatal mortality rate in England in 2018 was 2.8 deaths per 1,000 live births It is so hard to document my last week with Summer, …
Three Little Pigs
The Three Little Pigs: a fable about three pigs who built three houses of different materials I thought of this title, as it makes me smile to liken our babies to a children’s story. Like the three little pigs, our …