Where’ve you been?

We got lost this year. All of us. The Rose turned 18 and the whole family went through a huge (unrelated) crisis just afterwards. No one died. No one was …

Music to our ears

The Rose feels other’s pain and tears very deeply and as my re-blogged article last week showed – being overly empathetic means it’s impossible to filter out the important stuff …

Joyful & Triumphant

I haven’t posted for a while. The Rose was so sad about breaking up with The Boyfriend in early December and I was so busy with Christmas sparkling that it …

Bus Pass

So despite the fact we now have a woman in our house, life in many ways,  is just the same. She is still organised, meticulous and a lover of obsessive …

Being a woman

Those who read this blog regularly will know that The Rose is in her first relationship. It is not only her first boy/girl relationship but the first mutually complex relationship …

The Boyfriend

It’s all she’s ever wanted. And now she has it. A mate. A friend. A closeness. A peer to learn from and share with. It’s all I’ve ever wanted for …