Intoxicating liquidlegal poison,you create deception,despair and heartbreak;leaving in your wakefractured friendships,trashed cars,shattered promises,damaged possessions,money frittered away.I hate the fault linesand brokennessyou have brought to our family.I despise the pull you exertwhenever she’s home;at odds with the havenwe have tried to create.You disgust me. 0

Though objectively reliable,time seems to have become elasticand moves so strangely.In so many ways,life has remained the sameover the past weeks,and in other waysit has changed beyond recognition.If you were to ask me what I had done with that time;where it had gone,I would be unlikely to know.As we approach your 18th birthday,life moves on […]

oasis of calmin the midstof tumult;reef untouched bygiant wavespoundingall around.thunderclap,sea roars.limbs flail,grasping for theunmoveable. earth gives way;world shifts.we tumbleupside down;struggle againstthe vortex.beneathdeep blue.beautifulyet terrifying.fingers glancemy unshakeable reef.battered, contused,yet ever present;whispers,“hold on.it will be OK.” 0

It’s like being on holiday,so switch off your brain.Appreciate the change of sceneand pace, and rhythm.Lose the routine;be spontaneous!Live for the momentand remain mindful;it’s here and now that matter.You might almost believethis is how things are going to be.Just remain wilfully relaxedand don’t, whatever you do,start to think. 0

You’re so predictable.If I hadn’t been so preoccupied,I’d have spotted your tactics long ago.Such a coward –you pounce upon our weaknesses;anyone can do that, and it’s not clever.I unfairly attributed weeks of illness with my lungsto your old pal, Grief.That was before I noticed the problemswith completing tasks, and leaving the house.The more I think […]