Burnt to the ground

Bustling around the kitchen, I leaned down to give my best friend a fuss. ‘You’re never far away, are you, Rocky?’ I whispered, ruffling my two-year-old merle goldendoodle’s shaggy ears. It was May 20

As the words echoed overhead, it was nothing unusual. ‘Level one paediatric trauma,’ the announcement said. I was an ICU nurse, looking after patients in critical condition and I’d spent the past eigh

I wasn’t letting a dangerous criminal take my dogs without a fight

your kids your laughs your friends your world

Many years ago a friend taught me how to make teddy bears, and I still have a few that are precious to me. But the bear that I treasure the most is a very tiny bear hand stitched by my friend as a spe

When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u