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1). “Being a Primary Carer for a relative with Alzheimer’s disease – The Long Goodbye” “I am a Carer”. There you go, “straight off the bat” as they say, I write this article (the first in a series) in my role as a Primary Carer first and author second. At present I am the primary carer for my elderly mother who is suffering from the advance stages of Alzheimer’s disease. It is desperately cruel disease (most are, I know) in that it r... 2). “Dad, Why can’t we get a dog as well?” Steve Morgan describes going through the trials and tribulations that make up the ritual that most, if not all, Parents experience from time to time, which is, acquiring the first family pet. 3). The Day “Live Fast Die Young” started to lose its appeal Somehow the youthful notion of “live fast, die young!” becomes less appealing as the days go by. Funny that, isn’t it? I remember the day well, it all started in May 1997 with a routine (or so I thought) Doctors appointment in the morning and then the usual rounds of trying to keep clients and staff happy. It was the day of my thirty n... 4). International Adoption – Is it possible to Triumph from Tragedy In the early hours of Dec 26th 2004 the Western world awoke to the unfolding horror that we came to know as the Asian Tsunami. Those of us still recovering from obscenely large amounts of food and drink from the previous day sat transfixed as we watched a horror story of biblical proportions unfold before our very eyes. The United Nati...