I remember this day. We all went on a picnic near the beach and came back home to finish it because we nearly got blown offa the headland...

about five years ago now...one of those days which stay in your memory and make your life warm....

Don was well...Melissa (the "blondie" was happy, Alison was well and happy...

She has suffered so much since then and is slowly regaining some level of health...but to see her here as she was before becoming ill is heartbreaking...and also to know how strong she has become because of it all is also amazing...

There are no flies on her...she is a tough little nut... but I wish she didn't have to have been so tough and suffer so much heartbreak in the interim.,