Attachment: try not to become too attached...

Try not to become too attached is what you’re told when you first start work, but when the child you care for is reliant upon your voice; your touch for reassurance, attachment has never been so

What a nightmare!

Sitting in the garden next to my beautiful boy James, I was flicking through Facebook and my memories popped up. As I have mentioned before on Facebook, some memories are wonderful and really make you

How do you describe the indescribable?

I have been asked by my counsellor to write down how I feel about James, in the hope that it might enable me to process my own state of grieving, in relation to the inevitable fact that one day, James

Spring cleaning

Week 10 of lockdown (well, in fact, it’s week 13 for us!), and like the rest of the Nation, it has provided us with time. Time to reflect, time to spring clean, and finally time to get around to all

Upside Down

We have all been caring for James for differing amounts of time: 1 year all the way through to 11 years. I personally, am now into my 7th year of caring for him! Poor lad – 7 years of looking at my

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