May 2009

A different kind of perfection

I strive for pefection. I achieve, um, something quite a lot less than that. But that’s okay. My house is a mess but my children are happy. I’m busy but they learn to be resourceful and fill their own time. I don’t get anything done for myself or around the house that I would like [...]

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My failings are many…

With four small children, life gets kind of hectic. Even so, you’d think that when your eldest son loses his first front tooth, one that was damaged as a baby and has been something of a blot on his oral landscape, one that we celebrated him losing as we all sat down together for our [...]

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Asking for help

When it became clear that William was going to be ill on and off for a long time, probably forever, I learnt to ask people for help. Despite being a blogger I am essentially a very private person and unbearably self-reliant. Asking for help definitely does NOT come naturally to me. But when news of [...]

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Relapse

William is relapsing. He had one day of remission. One day. What’s the point of one day of remission? Now instead of feeling hopeful that we are working towards remission we are just left with the thought that the ciclosporin is not going to work for him. Ten days ago his nephrologist called me. ‘His [...]

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Remission

Where have I been the last couple of weeks? Living life. My son is doing so much better – better in himself, more energy, about to go back to school. It’s been so long since he has felt like doing anything resembling normal everyday activities. We are making the most of it. And today we [...]

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