New year, new start...well, good intentions, anyway!
I wonder if 2015 will see me actually remembering that I have a blog. It all started with great intentions, but, well, that's about as far as it got. 2014 was a challenging year for us as a family. Dad had to learn to cope with his newly diagnosed diabetes, we lost Colin's Mum really quite suddenly, Ealasaid hasn't had the easiest time in school, then Mum was diagnosed with osteoporosis...bit of a shock, but perhaps better than what we were all imagining. She's still in incredible pain, but at least she knows what she's dealing with now. On top of that, we don't even want to talk about the quote Dad's received for the dental work he needs!! However...we have so, so much to be grateful for inspire of the difficulties. We had a lovely family Christmas...everyone was together, everyone enjoyed at least a measure of good health, three generations of the family had a wonderful time surrounded by gifts galore and, more importantly, love. When I think of wh