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  • Shouting and snuggling

    Shouty day I really don’t know what it was about. We were talking and it got…

  • Curry and counselling

    Street food and chat Last night, the husband and I walked to an Indian street food…

  • Autism, Love, and Honest Conversations

    Autism, Love, and Honest Conversations

    Last night, while my husband was watching EastEnders and other trashy telly, I was reading “Unmasking…

  • Broken communications

    Broken communications

    After counselling on Friday, I thought to talk to my husband about a few things that…

  • First counselling of 2025

    First counselling of 2025

    It was lovely to see Richard and his unreserved enthusiasm for the first time this year.…

  • 2024 in review

    2024 in review

    What a year! Here’s a few “highlights”, actually, “notable happenings” might be a better phrase, because…

  • Frustrations, wallpaper, and quiet relief

    Frustrations, wallpaper, and quiet relief

    Yesterday, I’d hoped for a least a cuddle. I didn’t hope for much more than that,…

  • A race revisited

    A race revisited

    When I ran my first half marathon twenty years ago, a friend of mine (whom I…

  • An act of remembrance

    An act of remembrance

    I went to Winchester yesterday. The days after Christmas, churches seem to take a break and…

  • The big day

    Christmas eve We played table tennis at work for an hour before we all bunked off…

  • Feliz Navidad!

    Feliz Navidad!

    It is Christmas Eve. I am exhausted. Not because of the preparations for Christmas, it is…

  • Oh Christmas tree!

    Oh Christmas tree!

    We were overdue a “conversation” thanks to my feeling ill this last week or so and…

  • A golden night

    A golden night

    We drove into town for the show and grabbed a KFC. This was to prove to…

  • Looking for positives with my counsellor

    Migraines I started with migraines, and ended with migraines! To keep things simple, I’ll just talk…

  • Company Christmas overload

    Company Christmas overload

    Draining morning In was already shattered come the morning after a night of busy head following…