mine had a birthday yesterday (happy birthday to yours today Lenora!) and she just never seems to get any older at all. She was still sat in the back of the car sucking her thumb and behaving like a baby yesterday. Part of me wishes she would grow up a bit, but she's still only 8, so i guess I should just be grateful she's not rushing into it. Knowing my luck she'll do all her growing and her growing up in a sudden burst and I'll be left bewildered and confused!

It's just a feeling of loss as the years go by I reckon Lenora, and you know that if you look ahead just 4yrs, as Fern said, you can see it won't be long before she's leaving. It still seems a long, long way away for me, but when I realise it's only 10yrs I know it won't seem long.

You're suffering from a mild case of Nostalgia Lenora. It's incurable, but at least it won't kill you!

Kerri.