Well the book launch was a success, despite the weather that night being arguably the worst I have seen in a long time.  I really appreciated the turnout.  Of course it was wonderful to have my book Somebody Maybe published, and yes, fabulous to have a publisher who believes in me enough to want to publish my work.  Great though the book launch was though, the best moment of all was when my nineteen year old son came up, gave me a huge hug, and told me he was proud of me. This is what is important, achievements of any sort are nice but moments like this are precious!

 I'm proud of all my children of course, for many reasons and one of these is the fact that they are all emotionally competent.  They are all able to verbalise their feelings with little difficulty.  This obviously can lead to some pretty spirited discussions but it does mean there is trust and honesty in sharing feelings.  Trust and responsibility go hand in hand and I think that if the family can encompass both when discussing emotions, then it is good practice for life.

Reverting to my habitual shallowness, I should add that the champagne, chocolates and cake at the launch were pretty good too!

Somebody Maybe is available from amazon.co.uk or amazon.com in the US and I still have a few copies if anyone wants one from me with a  personal message.