Family Systems 27 May 10 I have a dear friend, who can be, shall we say, a little bossy? But as soon as there is real trouble, she's the person I turn to. She is unflappable, organized, resourceful and infinitely kind. She grew up with an alcoholic father, and her role in the family...
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	Doing what I don't feel like doing 23 May 10 I'm getting into this doing the thing I most resist doing. Luke and I tended to back out of stuff a lot. He got anxious about new things, especially if they involved people, and I'm naturally lazy about pushing myself. So I got www.habitforge.com to send me an email every...
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	Running 17 May 10 For the first time this week I felt as though I could stop running. The last 2 years have been a marathon, and I'd reached the point where I couldn't go much further. But last weekend, at the parenting course, something shifted in my head, and the blocks started to...
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	Please watch this video 13 May 10 Please go to http://www.smories.com/watch/the_astonishing_tale_of_floating_emma/ and watch my story about Emma who wouldn't stop giggling. There are 50 stories uploaded on this website, and the one with the most votes wins a thousand pounds, and I could do with a thousand pounds. It's a lovely, five minute video of the story read...
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	Nice things happen to cross people 11 May 10 Nice things happen to grumpy people. Like me. I went to therapy yesterday, and I bitched and moaned and grumbled and complained about everything, and instead of being kind and soothing,and agreeing that my life sucks and I deserve a treat, my bastard therapist (who I love dearly) just poked me...
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	Mother's Day 09 May 10 Last Mother's Day Luke and the kids made me a rose garden. I've looked after it for a year, not very successfully. It got black spot, and the roses were few, and then stopped altogether. But it's still alive, and this year I know a little more about growing roses,...
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	The thoughtful, mature blog. 09 May 10 I spent the weekend doing a parenting course. It was very tiring, and some of the stories that the other parents told were harrowing. I left on Saturday night feeling burnt out, and overloaded. Carrying the burden of my own grief and that of my kids is already too heavy....
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	Writing 04 May 10 I haven't really written anything, apart from this blog, for over a year, since we knew Luke was going to die. My wound was wrapped in a bandage which protected it from bumps and more damage, and the bandage was made up of anger and refusal to go there. It...
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	Money 01 May 10 Yesterday I had to go and apply for a bond. It's complicated. Luke changed his will at some point, fiddling with the wording, so it ended up ambiguous. The upshot is that his estate goes into a trust until Pip is 25, and then comes to me, and because he...
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