Sister’s Are Doin’ It For Themselves

This morning was the last time that I’ll see my sister, Emily, for nearly six months. Emily is two years older than me and is in her gap year before she goes to university to study photography. For the past few months she’s been working at a nursery to raise money to go traveling. Today, [...]

Blue Christmas

My grandparents stayed with us during Christmas and my aunt and her sons visited on Boxing Day. As usual, everyone ate far too much, even Ruby (the rat) was eating well and, despite the fact that she had ups and downs, overall she seemed to be getting better. Even on Thursday evening, when puss started coming [...]