Midlife Health

Kitt moved into our home in 2013. She was two years old and had lived in an abusive situation for most of that time before being rescued by a cat refuge. My daughter decided that she wanted a cat and chose the option of getting a cat from a rescue home. She chose Kitt from …

When I was growing up, resilience was never a word used in common parlance. Maybe it materialised its’ meaning in other ways through words like ‘be strong’ or ‘pull yourself together’. I wasn’t brought up in a harsh third-world workhouse but toughness was certainly a part of the culture then. There was no such concept …