We cannot lose hope.
Current mood: anxious
Category: Life


I have not been able to concentrate rally on anything since hearing about the abduction of of little Madeleine McCann in Portugal. Feeling so useless and just following the news constantly, I started messaging everyone I could in Portugal just to ask them to forward my message to everyone they know, to try and jog someone's memory, because children do not just disappear, someone saw or heard something that they dont think is... read more

Someday when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a parent, I will tell them, as my Mean Mum told me:

I loved you enough . . . to ask where you were going, with whom, and what time you would be home.
I loved you enough to be silent and let you discover that your new best friend was a creep.
I loved you enough to make you go pay for the bubble gum you had taken and tell the clerk, "I stole this yesterday and want to pay for it."
I loved you enough to stand ov... read more