Everyone: hey thanks. Gee shucks.
Lou, for goodness sake don't make me cry so early in the morning! As you rightly suspect though -- it has been a process for me to get here. I'm not sure why really. Other than some things just knock all parts of your life flat flat out...and somehow that takes confidence with it...
ANYWAY.
Bev: yes, I want to write that bit. Gulp. Will need to build up to it.
Will E be reading: yes, probably. He read my last one pretty regularly... Certainly I will tell him, and it will be his choice. I do know that he feels almost guilty that our lives are so concerned with *his* condition. We try hard to keep a balance, but there's no getting round the fact that the balance has shifted generally. This is hard for him to accept; he feels bad that we struggle in any way. So I'm not sure how engaged he'll want to be. Up to him really...
Thanks Northerner, want to take you up on everything! Will be in touch. And everyone else -- yes wordpress has a bit of a classy edge! (Ha!) BUT I also half killed myself looking for a decent header photo, without copyright etc...
There are also ways to change font colour and sizing by using some CSS (CCS? Whatever) but I just can't go there yet...
Anyway. Thanks all. Would love to see you there. And DO leave comments -- the last blog quite often had running conversations on it, and this makes it more fulfilling not just for me but I also think for people who come by -- more depth...
xxoo