The Optimistic Orphan

Today is the anniversary of Dads death, 5 years to be exact. It seems almost impossible to me that its been that length of time. 5 years seems like a milestone - time has marched on without him and its now harder for me to recall his voice, to pull his laugh from the depths of my memories. The guilt that comes with time moving on isn't new to me, I felt much the same with Mum, that the more time that passed the further behind she was. I find so many seemingly normal things ja

All the good intentions of posting regularly last year fell by the wayside, we had a pretty difficult year from start to finish. Some joy thrown in there - some big achievements and beautiful moments but it would be remiss of me to gloss over quite how difficult things were at times. When I was younger I saw my adult relatives as having their lives together and life being plan sailing - realising that actually most of this was just the view from the outside looking in has ben

The beginning of another new year, and its got me thinking as it does with many of us about things in my life that I have achieved, want...