Lucy Brierley – Juggling act
Child friendly weddings
‘Turning into a paparazzo he crept around the table, edging his way nearer to steal a picture of the stars of the day’
Sharing a bereavement
‘We would go out and about, building sandcastles, looking at the steam trains – and then return to where she always was, in her chair by the window, and tell her all about it’
Lamenting child-unfriendly facilities
‘”The sign shouldn’t be up anymore,” said the man behind the counter’
Children and independent influences
‘Daniel wore them yestarday!” he complains when I object to the idea’
Fun in the snow
‘Noah can throw snowballs at anyone he likes. No one can throw them at Noah’
Are the kids missing out?
‘Will she blame me one day for depriving her of emotional and physical stimulus as a baby’
