AK – Kids & Me After Keanu: I’m a new parent to a ten year old boy, a foster child placed with me when coronavirus was sneaking about in the background. I have always considered adulthood optional – one of the perks of being an aidworker are cooks and cleaners – and I have a good laugh and cry at my ineptitude and general cluelessness about raising this complicated but cool little man. He’s a quirky, part angel, part spawn of Satan, part comedian, kid. Some mind-blowingly spectacular melt-downs (mostly his), some musing, rambling, unexplained hair loss and empty wine bottles.
Today I learned that my cousin Rushi died, a woman ruled by her heart not her head, with a penchant for bad boys and trouble….
Ganesh, Buddha and Jesus walk into a bar. Memories of Rushi.
One perfect day: Dan-The-Man-With-A-Plan
I am trying to remember a perfect day, a carefree day. Not a hypothetical day as Keanu described, but a day that was. Two come…
About
Seriously? Yes, I really did write a letter to Keanu Reeves. Not the craziest thing I’ve ever done but definitely up there. When I told…
Family dynamics: Sisterly love – Part 1
In the fabric of family dynamics, nothing is more knotted and frayed than sisterly love. Today is Jasmine’s 50th birthday. It will be the party…
Family dynamics: Sisterly love – Part 2
In the fabric of family dynamics, nothing is more knotted and frayed than sisterly love. Continuing from Part 1 (obviously) My sister was the ‘It!’…
