I’m going to take a little time to get sentimental now. I make no apologies and there’s no obligation to read on.

As I said in a previous post I’ve not always been in the best of places mentally but overall this has been a better year. Sure my anxiety has been off the scale at times and even I’m not sure how I’ve functioned on autopilot so well some days but the amazing thing has been all the wonderful friends who have understood.

This year I tried to grab as many pictures and selfies with friends as I could and I have them all ready to go in an album or on my wall as a reminder that I really do have this amazing support system all over the country and, indeed, the world. If you are a Facebook friend you will have seen lots of them posted over the summer. It made what is traditionally a tiring and stressful time much more joyful.

I can’t thank my friends enough for being who they are. I appreciate every one of you, I’m just not always sure how to show it sometimes.