Nearly 2 years ago to the day, Nathan and I had meal with our closest friends in Durham to celebrate our engagement. We booked a table at Pizza Express and we were delighted when six of our friends came to munch some delicious carbs and share a bottle or two. We were even more delighted [...]
Category: Family
‘The first year is the hardest’
I love anniversaries. Birthdays, wedding anniversaries, anniversaries of significant events. I love it when Facebook tells me '7 years ago today you moved to University' (yes, 7 years this week!). I love reflecting on the changes that have come with time. Last week, the week of our first wedding anniversary, gave me the chance to [...]
Prodogal*
*Deliberate misspelling of the word prodigal I spent many delightful hours of my youth in the park. Happy afternoons were often spent lounging on the grass with my friends, eating cones of chips and Ben & Jerry's ice cream. One such day, on a pleasant spring afternoon, I had a phone call from my Mum [...]
As The Confetti Fades
The day after our wedding, we were taken to the station by some of our closest family, and were seen off having been showered in confetti (again!) on the platform. The fleecy hood of my coat was covered in little specs of gold, navy and white paper which just stuck. We had told hardly anybody [...]