Writing for life

Published in the WOW! supplement of the Evening Echo 07/11/2007

Children and parents view birthday parties very differently. The twins had been looking forward to their birthday for weeks. We, on the other hand, while not exactly dreading it, had been viewing its approach with something akin to mild apprehension.

From a parent’s perspective a children’s birthday party, while admittedly great fun, heralds a disproportionate amount of hard work. If parenthood was a business you’d take one look at the potential return on your investment and scrap the project before it even got started. But it’s not, and so we go through the rigmarole year in, year out.