A quick recap before we continue In Part 1, we opened the rather unofficial Narcissist’s Dictionary and started translating some of those wonderfully confusing phrases
There are certain conversations in life that leave you feeling as though you have accidentally walked into a meeting for which nobody bothered to send
The moment you realise the atmosphere has changed There are certain people who can walk into a room and change the atmosphere without saying very
There is always that one box. It doesn’t matter whether you’re helping parents downsize, clearing a much-loved family home or simply sorting through a lifetime
If you’ve ever helped clear a family home, you’ll know that it usually begins with a wonderfully optimistic plan. Everybody agrees to meet at nine
There is something almost magical about opening a cupboard that hasn’t been touched for years. You never quite know what you’re going to find. Sometimes
There is a moment that seems to happen in almost every family, no matter where you live or how organised you think you are. It
There’s a very unsettling moment that sneaks up on most of us somewhere in middle age. It doesn’t arrive with a fanfare or a flashing
One Saturday afternoon I found myself standing in the kitchen with a tea towel over my shoulder, absent-mindedly stirring a pot on the stove while
Not long ago, someone asked me a perfectly ordinary question. “Why don’t you ever…?” I honestly can’t remember how the sentence ended. It might have
