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Families Fall Out It Happens!

July 15, 2019

No matter hard we try to keep the peace in a family at some point or another families fall out. It can be for a variety of reasons. Siblings fall out, children fall out with their parents etc. The list is endless. It is the stresses and strains of life today that put added pressure…

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Just When I Thought Family Couldn’t Hurt Me Anymore This Happens!

June 5, 2018

Well here is a story which would be difficult to make up. Just when I thought my original family couldn’t leave me bruised and hurt anymore than they already have, they just have again, and it’s left me thinking that you can’t pick your family, but you sure as hell can pick your friends. I…

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Half: Brothers and Sisters

March 6, 2017

Regular readers of my blog will know that I have five children from two marriages. The oldest three are from my first marriage and my five year old twin girls are from my second marriage. When my wife and I found out she was pregnant, which we found out was going to be twins, I…

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My Brother: How Things work out in Life

February 8, 2017

I have written before about my sibling relationships and how unfortunately due to a very dysfunctional childhood it’s left the relationship with my sibling in tatters to the point today that none of us speak to each other. It is very sad, but its just the way life works out. Growing up I have…

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My sibling relationships

August 1, 2016

I was recently mentioned by John who blogs at Dad Blog UK as a dad blogger to follow, which I have to say I felt very humbled by. In it John mentioned two posts of mine, do I see my father before he dies?, and my childhood, marriages and children looking back. All of this…

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