I held him at my neck and strode gently across the driveway. His small breath tickled my skin. I didn’t want him to wake, but longed for him to know. ‘We might never have a lot of money,’ I confessed in a whisper, as we continued towards the house. ‘You might not have the coolest toys, or a house that friends talk about…’ We ascended the front steps, his infant body a dead weight in my arms. Deep sleep. Complete…
Today as I made my way through town at lunch there were lots of tourists around, peeping into shop windows, snapping away on cameras and generally poking about the place. As on most summer…
Are you easily discouraged or distracted from pursuing your dreams? When something goes wrong and you find yourself on the floor, how good are you at getting up and pushing on with a smile?…
What are your dreams? What do you want to achieve in life? One of mine is to be a writer – like a proper one who makes money from it. So I’m working in…
You don’t see many homeless people where I live. Sure, if you begin to look beneath the surface you find that there are a number of people without a proper place to live, but…
Did you know that life is supposed to be fun? I mean really fun. Enjoying our lives is not a bonus or something for a lucky few. Far from being the icing on the…
I am fortunate enough to work with some great people; they are mostly members of my family. Over the last few weeks however, there has been some quarreling amongst us. Not long ago, my cousin introduced…
Do you ever have that feeling that you’re supposed to achieve something important in your lifetime; that you are destined to be the cause of something significant in the world? Maybe you feel a…
So last week I set a challenge for those of us who find meeting new people terrifying and holding conversation difficult. The provocation was to talk to a new person everyday for seven days –…
Do you fancy a challenge? For some it’ll be as easy as breathing. For others like me, not so much. It’s amazing how little incidents in our day can be so important. A few…
I don’t really know what to make of it. It’s been playing on my mind a lot lately. I work for a charity, which partners with small organisations in Malawi, to help communities overcome…
When we go on holidays to Poland where Irina’s family live, there are a load of favourite spots we like to visit. One of them is the cinema. Coming from a small island, this…
It’s a question people often ask to married couples – ‘so how did you two get engaged?’ or something along those lines. When I’m confronted with this enquiry, my heart sinks a little. It’s…
Yesterday we got home from a holiday in Poland. I love visiting; it’s a special country to me for a lot of reasons – mostly because it’s where I met Irina. I am always…
On Saturday I’m having a party. We’re going to fell a tree and barbecue meat (if you’ve ever had a more manly birthday, please tell me about it). My parents have some huge leylandii…