The house is quiet. For the first time ever, my kids have gone off to do a day of school on their own, leaving me at home. It's going to...

thanks, aunty L, for the superhero outfit.  .... and I'm about to go away again (on my OWN. Can you imagine it? I can't. I'...

I'll post about seeing the social worker as soon as I can get my head around the meeting we had - hopefully tomorrow or the day after. T...

Last Tuesday, I called the adoption agency who did our assessment back in 2008. Was that really six years ago? I suppose it was, and I haven...

The last few weeks, I've pretty much been off social media altogether. It makes me feel weird, being so disconnected, and then I think s...

And that thing is: Yes, that's a shot of the bottom of my screen saying that I have written 42,694 words of a novel this month. I ...

Things have been complicated around here lately, so I'm summarising.  Last Monday, I took our children to stay with their grandp...

Yesterday, first thing, there were paramedics in my bedroom. Jay's back has been flaring up a bit this week and and then yesterday he w...

Thank you so so much for all your very thoughtful comments on my last post. I've been pondering all of them and, since I agree heartily ...

I've been completely preoccupied over here. There's a very simple reason - Jay has become totally focused on quitting his job and ...