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Numbers
The last blog post (Money can’t buy me love) described an evening of virtual spending, where The Rose sent texts donating to good causes but with no regard for how …
Money can’t buy me love
Money. It makes the world go around. It greases the wheels of commerce. It’s what we work to earn, to live. But in The Rose’s world it’s a confusing, bewildering …
Proud
This week The Rose completed her first year of college. Like the rest of her large year group, she is with people who all failed to achieve any recognised paper …
You Got A Friend
Friends! They are the Holy Grail for most of us, whatever the scale of our social dys/function. The mates who make you laugh till you cry. The ones who make you …
Like for a like
I’ve been wondering all week what to write next about The Rose. There have been so many shards of possibility but not enough for my questionable writing skills to shape into …
Relax
I write this, hoping it will be read in the spirit I mean it to be read in – i.e. tolerance, understanding and a bit of a laugh. The Rose …
SOS
Any parent worries how their offspring will cope in an emergency. We try to prepare them as best we can, but short of covering ourselves in tomato sauce and lying …
Cinders
Like many girls of 17, The Rose would LOVE a boyfriend. For a while I was selfishly happy she didn’t have one. It meant I could keep her safe and at …
Bring me sunshine
The other day I was reflecting on how much has changed in the two years since The Rose got her diagnosis. Of course nothing much has changed at all for …
Little Brother
It’s a short blog today. I’m rushing home because it is The Brother’s birthday. The Rose has made a card, wrapped a present and we are cooking a birthday tea …
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