He throws his arms around me with such force that I almost stumble. The boy who doesn’t like to be kissed doles out his hugs sparingly, but fiercely. He holds on tight for a long time then lets go. Grinning he says “You’ll get another one tonight, at bed time… maybe.” And then he is […]

“Hasn’t he grown!” a random relative said to me over the Christmas period. While I knew that remark was coloured by the fact they hadn’t seen him in almost a year, it suddenly dawned on me that he had, in fact, grown, and not just in height. Last year was busy. Insanely busy in the […]