Best wishes to all my family and friends for a happy and healthy New Year.

It’s that time when we look back at the year just gone and ahead to the year in front. For us looking back is quite easy, looking ahead though is a harder game to play.

Well looking back, as said, is easy and for us it has been a great year. Every day has its tests when you have the Big C hanging over your head, challenging your resolve and reminding you that nothing is forever, but in truth we have dealt with it really well and this has been due to two main things. First, the support I have had from work has meant that we have had a strong framework of normality to hang our lives on and secondly, we have had a simple plan of always having something to look forward to…