How I coped when my kids got a step-dad
Seeing my ex-wife with someone else has been a big challenge — it means my kids have a ‘stepdad’.
Read MorePosted by JC Clapham | 28 Nov, 2018 | Life, Media, Parenting, Writing |
Seeing my ex-wife with someone else has been a big challenge — it means my kids have a ‘stepdad’.
Read MorePosted by JC Clapham | 15 Oct, 2018 | Life, Media, Parenting, Writing |
After the breakdown of his marriage, JC Clapham moved out of the family home. This is how he built another one for his three young kids.
Read MorePosted by JC Clapham | 13 Oct, 2018 | Life, Media, Mental health, Parenting, Writing |
It was Saturday, March 28, 1998, when I received the news that would cast a shadow over the rest of my life.
I was 16 years old, and nothing would ever be ‘normal’ as I knew it, again. My dad had killed himself and now, 20 years on, I still have a father-shaped hole in my heart that won’t ever be filled.
Read MorePosted by JC Clapham | 17 Sep, 2018 | Life, Media, Mental health, Parenting, Writing |
Married with a young family and a great job, JC Clapham thought he had ticked all the boxes for a...
Read MorePosted by JC Clapham | 13 Sep, 2018 | Life, Media, Mental health, Parenting, Writing |
One of the many shitful things about having a parent who died while I was young is that my kids...
Read MorePosted by JC Clapham | 11 Sep, 2018 | Life, Mental health |
Two years ago I had a complete breakdown. I was physically exhausted and mentally shot. A perfect...
Read MorePosted by JC Clapham | 15 Aug, 2018 | Life, Media, Mental health, Parenting, Writing |
A new suicide prevention education campaign has been launched through a collaboration of leading...
Read MorePosted by JC Clapham | 22 Jul, 2018 | Media, Mental health, Writing |
As a creative writing student quite some years ago, one of the mantras instilled in me was to...
Read MorePosted by JC Clapham | 15 Jun, 2018 | Comedy, Life, Writing |
I knew Eurydice Dixon only a little, but she genuinely made a big and bold impression on me. She...
Read MorePosted by JC Clapham | 15 Jun, 2018 | Media, Mental health, Writing |
O soothest Sleep! if so it please thee, close In midst of this thine hymn my willing eyes, Or wait...
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