Tom has an offer from his first choice of university - Sheffield - to read Philosophy (AAB). That is achievable if he works hard and he's delighted and very motivated. It's almost a shock, because he's quite a late developer, to see him actively preparing himself to leave home in ten months' time. We went down to Essex, his second choice, on ( Read more... )

Just been looking over a few old posts and I realised that about a year ago we were going through a very bad time with our son. It's probably time for an update, because I got a lot of support from flist people at the time ( Read more... )

I'm aware that I've not been keeping up with LJ very well lately and a few people have been asking how things are going. So thanks for your interest, and here's a bit of an update.

( Read on, Macduff! )

Happy Holidays to all my friends across the Atlantic. May it be a time of peace, joy and relaxation for you all.

I haven't updated in a while - it's been a fairly eventful time, in both good and bad ways. Here goes:

( There is a tide in the afffairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune )