Behind The Child

Once upon a time, there was a girl. A very girly girl, who loved dressing up, shopping, having her hair made glamorous, and having her nail...

tLP brought a doll to church today, a doll which was appropriated by the very delicious little boy sitting next to us, who spen...

Faith's a funny thing. Faith let me treat Mog's big seizure last week, then leave her at school to go swimming. And then enabled me ...

As tLP went back to school and prepared herself for the Big Event yesterday, Miss Mog had her own excitement. A r...

 So back in May, Mog had a wheelchair appointment at school. We discussed the fact that we aren't going to go for spinal...

First, Grolly. Those of a sensitive nature, or perhaps unused to the less pretty parts of complex medical needs may perhaps wish to fo...

Mog and I danced at death today. We weren't expecting to. But we were privileged to attend the funeral of a most precious friend, our be...

We took tLP's powerchair to Florida. And I'm forever thankful that we did. Freedom and independence, and the ability to help rathe...

Is it bedtime yet?

We're a sociable bunch here. We eat out a lot, especially on holiday. For years, this has meant that we've booked tables with ...

We had lunch with Pooh today. And ROSY friends; not that kind of poo... It's a bit of a tradition for us. When we came out here with G...

A gentler kind of a day today. England feels a long way away when friends have had the worst kind of a day and we can't be there, not to...

Mog's definitely back on form. New clothes today, quite a bit of shopping actually. She turned down the chance to shop with our nearly...

I can't say how nice it is to be able to turn up without any kind of appointment or prearrangement, to know that within the next twenty ...

One of our most favouritest places in the whole wide world. One super happy Mog, singing away for all the shows. One slightly terrified ...

Much fun in the Magic Kingdom. Mostly. Mog sadly was very uncomfortable most of the day, but stopped crying long enough to enjoy Thunder Mou...

Or earlier. Or at some point. We got to the hotel. It was a leetle cramped, but fine. Our taxi arrived in plenty of time, we had fantastic...

On today's to-do list Shower girls, prune and trim and generally make tidy before school. Breakfasts and meds and everything else we...

I had a certain feeling about today when it started, not in a peaceful and gentle realisation that the night was over and the morning was he...

"Give it a few days, then start stretching her for several hours every day" read the discharge instructions. Great, except that ...