7 years on.

I've just come back from a couple of days in Auckland where I had fun walking the streets and window shopping with my sister- and mother-in-law. They showed me some of their favourite little places and I had a lovely time at a relaxed pace, to look, feel, see and do what I wanted. We had coffee, a lunch date, a 4pm drinks date, followed by dinner - lovely! A real treat.

Of course it tied in nicely with my vow to not work on 10 November, which is the anniversary of my sub arachnoid brain haemorrhage. (Congratulations to me for being able to spell that whopper!) A day to reflect on what is important and what isn't. Firstly it's a day to remember to be thankful for having pulled through and for having more time to enjoy LIFE. Time to appreciate my family and my friends and my health. I may whinge about this or that not being right, but actually, I need to remember how much worse things could have been.

It's been 7 years since it happened and wow, what a lot has happened since then! I have two beautiful children, a wonderful husband, an amazing family and fabulous friends. Too bad so many of the people I love are well and truly scattered all over the world!






(That's Joshka's version of a ballet arabesque).