Interview

I'm going for a promotion next week. If I get it then good, if I don't it's no big deal. Yet in happier times, I would have been nervous, excited and had Kieron and the older kids rooting for me. Kieron would be telling me that 'of course you'll get it mum, you're the best' and leaving little good luck notes around the house.

Kieron always celebrated after, whether I got the job or not. I think it's his way of trying to get a takeaway out of me or a visit to a restaurant. When I got offered a promotion just a few days before Kieron's accident, he was the one I discussed it all with as he was the one who would be most affected by it....full time instead of finishing in time for the school run, Kieron would have to walk to school (although he usually did this anyway unless the weather was bad, but now there was no option as I had to leave earlier to travel further to work), less chance of me being able to attend school activities, tea would be later...lots of changes but Kieron agreed to them all.

So I accepted the job and we all celebrated with a chinese takeaway. The day before I started, I went to pick Kieron up from school as I didn't know when I would be able to do it again, however Kieron had other plans and preferred to walk home with his mates as that was 'cooler'.

Kieron wished me luck on my first day and had already mentally spent my pay rise. It was the day before Good Friday so he was at school and excited about the school holidays which were extended for him by a week as we were going on holiday the week he was due to have started the summer term

The Easter weekend came and went in a flurry of chocolate and on the Tuesday I went back to work and Kieron stayed home with Jade and Callum. I came home to a normal house filled with bickering kids and Jade had started to cook tea. Kieron ran down the stairs to throw his arms around me...a perfect end to my work day.

20 minutes later he was gone.