Separation, one year on…

Separation, one year on…

Exactly 365 days ago, my husband, our nearly two-year-old toddler and I handed over the keys to the place we had called home to go our separate ways. It had been a long time coming – our marriage had actually ended a few months earlier following a decade...
Christmas with my formally estranged mother

Christmas with my formally estranged mother

For most people, Christmas is the time of year we spend with our nearest and dearest. Friends, neighbours and family. We don’t pick our family; they’re entirely ours whether we like them or not. You do things for your family you’d never consider doing for anyone else....
Ex-husband, fly high, but don’t forget to look down

Ex-husband, fly high, but don’t forget to look down

Why. Why are you doing it now? Why are you being the best version of yourself now? Why are you being all of the things I so desperately wanted you to be when it’s too late? Why are you being the man I married for someone else instead of being it for me in the years...