Well it’s Saturday night I took over from Mencap this morning, to see Molly for the first time since last Sunday was exciting to say the least! She was fine, it’s all quite unbelievable she is accepting that this is her home. She is one lucky girl and what my friends have done for us…

Originally posted on This is Mental: Just a quick update from me, last minute crisis forgot to get the washing machine plumbed. I took a hire van back this morning (was collecting more things for the house yesterday) only killed a pheasant on the way and had feathers everywhere and a broken grill! That aside…

Thursday pm Do you watch this programme? I am addicted to it, these recruits are unbelievable physically and mentally! I am not physically fit but I am mentally, I know this is so because of all the challenges I have faced fighting for and caring for my daughter Molly. Life is very different for carers,…

Just a quick update from me, last minute crisis forgot to get the washing machine plumbed. I took a hire van back this morning (was collecting more things for the house yesterday) only killed a pheasant on the way and had feathers everywhere and a broken grill! That aside met with Mencap to go over…

The discharge has been postponed, met with professionals yesterday to discuss Mollys current presentation which is deteriorating due to the commencement of the transition plan. If funding had come in sooner we could of maybe prevented this delay. I agree with this decision Molly is feeling scared she feels safe on Edenwood after all she…

Well this is a tough one, to try and explain where we are in relation to the move is not as easy as I would of liked it to be: The house is getting there, the re-wire is almost complete In need of more furniture but got enough to get started Funding only agreed for…

One year on……. Tomorrow will be exactly one year to the day that my daughter Molly was sectioned.  ‘Time doesn’t fly’ as they say, it feels exactly like 365 days, believe me it really does! Molly is so ready for her discharge date of 28th January 2019 and the house is almost ready, there is…

Let’s be realistic the journey for any parent of a ‘special needs’ child is never going to end it’s a life long commitment and that’s fine, my commitment to Molly will only ever end when I take my last breath. Life going forward and after the section is lifted will be different, I am very…

Edenwood is a unit for mentally ill people with learning difficulties. I have been going there almost every day for 10 months, the staff work so hard supporting their patients 365 days a year! I see the shift changes, when the go in and when they go out, after a challenging and tiring day or…

The pervious two posts have sat as drafts as I have been hesitant to sometimes publish the truth. The truth is suppose to set you free so here goes…… The emails bouncing around are so unsettling the battle between organisations are so unproductive and only reinforce my belief that it seems impossible to achieve an…