The Day After He Turned Three

Monday, 3rd May 2021 Monday Every weekday, my phone alarm goes off at 14:45. Pick boys from school. It’s one of many. Around the clock, shrill and repetitive sounds pierce through whichever room my phone’s been abandoned in, and drives Lu—Mummy too, when she was here—mad. To be honest, they drive me mad too. But…

The Day of the Road Trip

Sunday, 12th July Home Alone On Monday, for the first time in too long, I was home alone. Lu took Temi to Alder Hey for his second dressing change appointment; Timi and Tomi were in school. I had been anticipating this alone time since the first dressing change appointment the Thursday before. For that one,…