Laughter echoed about the room

The room was empty....

“I think I just met the happiest person in the world!” I exclaim into the salt air.

Every Saturday morning, as I walk the dogs down the beach, I spot a gaggle of ladies, in blue robes, chatting loudly and sipping from thermos.

Once a week they put on their swim suits and walk hand and hand into the cold Irish Sea.

This morning I had a bit of a lie in and started my walk a little later. By the...

“Shhh”

I press my finger to my lips and halt my team with my left arm raised out, fingers splayed, palm facing them.

Footsteps fall silent.

Heavy breaths fill my ears.

We can feel the gentle trimmers of explosions in the distance.

One after the other.

Boom, boom, boom, BOOM.

I’m thrown into the air, my scream cut short, I land with enough force to loose my breath.

Dirt and pink dust...

I open my mums front door and head into the living room.

She has her makeshift home office set up in there at the minute. I keep telling her she needs to move it to the spare bedroom.

She takes her glasses off as I walk in.

“Hey is G upstairs?”

“Uhhuh he doesn’t come out of that room unless it’s to grab food, you know that” she said.

I roll my eyes. He doesn’t have a reason to leave it, t...

Another day of photographing dead bodies.

I move around to view her left hand through the lens.

Her nails are manicured, a plaster on her arm, a tailored suit jacket. She was cared for.

The camera shutter echos in the cold air.

I roll her slightly to the right to take a picture of her face. Jane Doe number 6. Eyes greyed, pale, a smidge of dirt across her face.

Maybe someone will recognis...