February and March are turning out to be quite busy!  I've also put the dates I know for Easter, but there will be more to come.

After a rather loverly weekend, I've just had a really good chat with Zack.  He was so calm the whole way through, even when talking about things that went wrong.  I'm really proud of him.  Then followed twenty minutes during which he listed which character encountered which Pokemon in the series!!  I listened and even sounded interested!!!
Most wonderful, we've had a quiet house, with Tom and Kesi playing upstairs!   Tom has a new baby doll, which is avoiding a lot of conflict - he doesn't have to beg Kesi for one anymore!1
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Gregory's Mum is a good good friend of mine.  One of those amazing friendships that can now occur without ever meeting.  We  share thoughts, and some life experiences bring us together.  I hate that the one that brought me to her is JMML.  But I am priviledged to know her.

Gregory's having a tough time right now, and so is his family.  Cancer is rarely a solitary disease.  Childhood cancer spreads like wildfire, affecting not only a little child, but his family and soon enough a whole community.  It spreads fear, pain, suffering.  Sometimes, with a little luck it can also bring love, warmth, support, but the cost is never good.

Right now, I feel PROUD and HAPPY!!!  Overjoyed, actually!!  So, given my earlier post, I am in a better place!  My little honey girl did some great cooking again tonight, but really my thoughts right now are with Tom...
I have made him a box with all the words he is reading velcroed to a velcro board.  With that, he can write sentences.

The marvel is that he is able to pick out the right word!!!  Which confirms he is reading!!!!!

How do you feel without pain?  This question has just taken centre stage in my mind.  Now, I know full well that there are answers, that of course you can feel, both physically and emotionally without suffering. 

Yet here I am, my whole being asking.  Zack reawakened an old injury yesterday, and I "feel" my wrist more keenly than I have for a long time.  When we were at the Lodge, he held me and his cheek felt so sweet, but the intensity of the feeling came from the contrast of the hate and anger he had thrown at me all day.  So as wonderful as the feeling was, it hurt.

I feel rather broken, that feeling and pain should be so intertwined.  I would like to learn to feel without hurting.

I updated musings.

Maman just pointed out to me that I had a redundant page in here.  If you couldn't see anything in the homenotes, you now can.  I have removed the offending page!  And now, off to work I go!

Looking at the Photos page, you will see a lovely photo of Kesia's dinner.  Not only is it beautiful to look at, she assures me that it is tasty too.  She did everything herself, with a tiny bit of help with tilting the frying pan while cooking!  She is so proud of herself!

if you look in the photos page, you'll see I've added a short video of Zack's carol service.  it features one of his classmates on trombone, then him doing a lovely reading (put the volume way up though!!) and then some older boys - year 9 I think!

I've been looking for a design for this site that had a vertical menu.  Since I added a few pages, the menu was looking messy, so here we are.  No photo on this one, and I may change again, but it's still me.  A little like the need to move furniture around regularly, th