Eight years …

On the morning of the 27th of February 2004, I woke up in someone else's bed.  It was early, the sun was barely up, and I had time to reflect on the day that lay before me. In those quiet moments, with nothing but the sound of birds going about their morning routines, I wondered …

Siblings

“To the outside world we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other's hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time” - Clara Ortega When Caris was …

Love; then and now

"from the very first moment I saw you that's when I knew all the dreams I held in my heart had suddenly come true knock me over stone cold sober not a thing I could say or do 'cos baby when I'm walking with you now my eyes are so wide like you reached right …

I love you this much

Please stop the whining. Pretty please!

Alex is driving me mad. With incessant whining. About everything. From not wanting to watch TV, to wanting to watch TV, to not wanting to wear his black shoes, to wanting milk/water/juice, to not wanting to eat dinner/bath/get dressed. This morning, he wailed and screamed because his white shoes had been washed and were still …