When we think of Valentine’s Day, I think we are programmed to think about a day designed for the lovers of this world. Husbands and wives, boyfriends and girlfriends and basically anyone we care to fancy the pants off of?! What if it didn’t have to be about that though? What if it could just be about who we love, the “people” for whom we care the most, who we couldn’t get through each day without. It will be no secret to anyone reading this that, for me, that “person” is about thirty centimetres tall, snores loudly and wakes each day with an abundance of enthusiasm for life like no one I have ever known before. I am, of course, talking about Boris; my one and only.



Elle Wright is a wife, mother, author and blogger. After the death of her son, Teddy, at three days old, Elle started writing to navigate her new life and as a way to feel purpose again. Her Feathering The Empty Nest blog is a way of finding light in darkness, positivity in times of desperation and, hopefully, making a few people laugh along the way.