I have often wondered if I could survive without my creative endeavours. As a child I was constantly, restlessly making something. I remember my mother’s understandable reluctance when I would go to her asking if I could cut up some old dress of hers to make a bag or lavender pillows. I still regret cutting…

It’s been a bad week so far. And it’s only Tuesday. Maybe the worst week since my diagnosis. I’m on my second trip to A&E in three days, coinciding unfortunately with my family being away. Last night, on my fourth day of extreme side effects from the drugs and persistent weakness, I felt more lost…

I’ve entered a quiet hole. Maybe the first time things have slowed down since the tornado hit as the new year began. Is it really nearly June? Where did the year ago? You’d think when you stop working that it is all lying down and Netflix but secondary cancer is like being caught in the…

The cherry tree in our back garden is dying. I am not sure why this has upset me so much. As Spring came late and summer came early I waited patiently for a sign of its first buds to show. When the pigeons alighted to chew on the fresh buds around late April I chased…