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We've had a very busy few months leading up to a huge change for Cactus. Last week she started college, a residential placement which...

There's a horrible flu virus thing circulating at the moment. My husband is into his 6th week of coughing and spluttering, and I'm just...

I always feel like I should start each post with a confession these days. Bless me, reader, for I have sinned. It has been nine months...

We're back! In fact we never really went away, but Cactus and I have both needed a bit of time when everything's not all about the...

Once again it's been a few weeks since my last post, and they're getting less frequent now that we're settling into life with the Miso...

Happy New Year everyone, I hope you had a peaceful Christmas. We came through our first official Miso Christmas remarkably well, with two...

It's been a long while since my last post. In the constant plate-spinning of our family life, my attention has been elsewhere. Cactus's...

Cactus's older brother has been studying Macbeth. It's 40 years since I covered it at school myself, but being a bit of an English Lit...

It's been a bruising half term on the Miso Coaster. Cactus has managed to take some huge steps forward in understanding and managing her...

I've been a bit quiet on here recently. Busy. Stuff. Getting on with the day-to-day. Cactus has been doing really well most of the time,...

It's been a week of ups and downs. For the most part, Cactus has been managing much better with getting up, ready and out into the car...

I think Cactus would be the first to agree that she's not a morning person. It's the first week back at school, back to early nights and...

A few weeks ago I found a wonderful Facebook group for parents of children with misophonia. In the past I've found great comfort in these...

It's GCSE results day, and the TV news is wall-to-wall with happy, smiley teens ripping open envelopes and hugging each other. My eldest...

Hi I'm Rachel, mum to three teenage kids, wife, business owner, part time farmer. Flusher of toilets, washer of pants, feeder of cats,...