The human rights tree on the green now has a tent where grass used to lie. Sleep, as always makes us stronger. By the fire heating the hearth. Burning to an ember before ash. On who we were, what we had. The dreams we made, the work we gave.

Stories about our son Sam, his disability, our family and our lives. Sam is 5, loves stories and has cerebral palsy. I am learning to be his ally. Sam has a phobia of dogs. Or at least, we first noticed that he was scared of dogs. Then we found it was also cats, then foxes, and guinea pigs. It was having a significant negative effect on our day-to-day lives and we were wondering how to get some help. By coincidence, we saw a hospital psychologist abo.

Please take a look and let me know if you would like to help with anything! I decided that this was clearly an opportunity to tick an item off my list so I vowed to spend the entire 24 hours awake. The fact that the date clashed with a Rockinpaddy. I knew it would be a challenge but I chose not to think about it, merrily collecting sponsorship and digging out my trainers.

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