I came across my blog today – I haven’t read it in a while and when I do, I can feel the pain and bone deep sadness of the time. […]

I haven’t posted in the last year. For what it’s worth L is ok. She has many dark days. Her illness still weighs heavily on her, isolating her from her […]

Despite my capacity for self-delusion, when you know something is wrong, you just know. My phone call today to L made me decide to head up North to bring her […]

I am sure that I speak for many when I say that the desire for a loved one to recover from a mental health condition is so overwhelming it borders […]

I didn’t know whether to write about this because I wasn’t sure if it’s ok to write about someone else’s life.  But this story is the reality of everyone with […]

This is a different blog now. L is well now, or better. She eats bread and her meals are no longer rigid.  She has periods, boyfriends, she drinks cider without […]

Brief post – but three and a half weeks after her bold trip to Oxford, K was offered a place. What makes me happiest of all is that they see […]

A year ago this happened. My posts at the time describe the trauma of a single muffin and a glass of milk or the exhaustion of day in, day out […]

One of the consequences of L’s illness is that she and K are now in different school years. This is a new experience for them – one which enables them […]

My blogging is much reduced. Back in May 2012, it was as if I was battling a fire breathing dragon that threatened to engulf us all. Anorexia is an invisible […]