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• Rehab: Not Just a Celebrity Detox

  

  Explaining the principles of PACE's rehabilitation work - as I tried to do to one of two friends the other day - is incredibly hard. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2011 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Shift in the Family Dynamic

  

  That I should find myself expecting again at the grand old age of 40 is something to celebrate. I have spoken before about my and Miles' pragmatism about... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2011 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Bucks Open Studios

  

  As part of our fundraising drive for PACE, I hope you won't mind me flagging up Miles, who is exhibiting some of his figurative paintings with The OMF Group... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2011 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Run-in with the Bus

  

  As Facebook friends will know, I had an incident with a local bus driver last Wednesday. Bizarrely, my most vivid memory I have that day is a close-up of road... Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2011 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Back Issue

  People have been asking how my back is. I have never had back problems. But at nearly two years old, Isobel's increasing legginess is making physical carriage... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2011 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Moving on

  

  We have been touched by the messages of support received over the past two weeks. All were heartfelt, and some wrote with such eloquence and sensitivity -... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2011 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Diagnosis: the Second Stage

  

  We got Isobel’s MRI scan results three weeks ago. Regardless of how apprehensive we were - as I'd mentioned in an earlier post - they hit us like a tornado, so... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2011 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Little More Conversation

  

  Not long after lunch, while playing in the Triton chair, a look of inward concentration crossed Isobel's face. Unsure what it could be, I had to ask. 'Have you... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2011 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• A Spectacular Let-down

  

  At 4.30am today, an email arrived for me that completely unravelled my plans for the next two months. Ethel* (*not her real name) was withdrawing all her... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2011 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Isobel: the Last Twelve Months

  

  This time last year, it's easy to forget how bleak Isobel's future looked. Once prescribed phenytoin at 12 hours old, she hadn't fitted once in the first six... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2011 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• The Most Beautiful Baby in the World

  

  For a loving parent to think his/her baby is the most beautiful in the world is perfectly natural. It's a biological tendency, I think, for pride to kick in... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2010 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Socializing Isobel

  

  I often worry about what we are having to do for Isobel. She is still not mobile, has not mastered her balance and co-ordination, never mind gross and fine moto... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2010 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION

• Waiting for MRI

  

  I am utterly in love with Isobel's hair. Once she's had her bath and a good night's sleep, in the morning it is fluffy, soft and luxuriant as eiderdown. Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2010 FAMILY, SELF EXPRESSION