Pass the Parcel This month, the highly acclaimed big, round birthday transpired for the eighth time. My beautiful son made it a very special...
Frank: Chapter One This is the true story of Frank, born in 1906, the youngest of three children, and their devout parents, who worshipped...
Birthdays January is the month when I “observe” my birthday, so, what’s not to like about that ‘special’ day, as some people label it?...
Adoption: Ensuing Relationships There are casualties of the system, and today I still bear the aching scars of the bleaker side of this process....
Fireworks to Celebrate Today, the 1st of August, is the Swiss national holiday, when the nation gathers together for festive brunches and an annual...
Adoption: Nature or Nurture During a visit to a colleague of mine, I spied a woeful-looking plant banished to the corner of the room...
My Inconvenient Birth Having just experienced another birthday, it inspired me to muse upon the launch of my unceremonious rollout in life, 76 years...
Letter to my Late Birth Mother, Betty Dear Betty, I must underline from the outset, you became pregnant at 16 and you were 17...
Twiglet the Piglet Once upon a farm there was a pint-size baby pigletSome people bought her boldly and fondly called her “Twiglet”They didn’t know...