32 Boxes

Trish Elms

2005

'Rick James is coming with us and so is Abba,'I declare. My husband is rolling his eyes, silently drawing the line at the soundtrack to Xanadu.

As per usual, with all the good intentions in the world, we've left everything to the last minute. Now, with only a day to go, we're faced with the monumental task of sorting lives accumulated over the space of five years in Canada, into 32 small brown cardboard boxes to be transported across the continents to start anew in Scotland. Well, with a bit of luck, anyway. ... (continues)