Dropping the pretence: I feel quite alone, but I’m ok
I’ve been putting a brave face on the past month or so. Part of pushing myself to try and ‘be happier’. In some ways, it’s worked quite well, and it’s…
Writing
19 years ago today, my father hanged himself
Today marks 19 years since my father hanged himself. For more than half of those years, I hated him. Intensely. Fiercely. But now, having been right to the same metaphorical…
My 2016
This has been a year of immense change, huge challenge, and enormous self-discovery. It’s been a dangerously tough year, but ultimately a seminal period of my life. The life I…
Shit parents fail to declare child’s gender in #socialmedia accounts
At the time when they should be enjoying their happiest moment, new parents Jamie and Kim Androgini fear they have set up their child Kelly for a lifetime of ridicule.…
There’s no dignity in parenting
Life changes dramatically when you have kids. As it should, I guess. But I wasn’t ready for the sudden loss of dignity. And to be honest, how little I cared…