yesterday was the best day of the year by far

Not wishing to be mawkish but for one reason or another – 2012 was a tough year for me – and 2013 is very welcome. 2013 has started spectularly well. The first day of 2013 was remarkable. It bagan with a party at our house that finshed in the small hours and resumed later in the…

The story so far…

(welcome to any readers from mumsnet – I hope you enjoy this post and feel inclined to delve in to this extraordinary true story of parenthood…)  If I had more time and was more technically skilled, this would be an easy take to write – collating all the VT footage and press cuttings from the last month or so, to put things…

LA Times putting it much better than I can

A family’s ‘Impossible’ journey of healing 0 Twitter 2 WALLY SKALIJ, LOS ANGELES TIMES Actress Naomi Watts, left, portrays Maria Belon in “The Impossible.” BY NICOLE SPERLING,Los Angeles Times December 23, 2012   Maria Belón wasn’t proud of her dumb luck. It had been nearly three years since the Indian Ocean tsunami roared into her…