The Lodger and Us

I’ll start by answering the most common question we’re asked at the moment (especially now that he’s in his new school): “How is The Lodger?” And I always answer the same way, He’s getting on great. Great, although a great word (and it does contain the word eat , which is a favourite in this house) is almost not great enough for just how well The Lodger is getting on. Terrific. Fantastic. Amazing. Excellent. Continue along those lines and you’ll begin to understand just how great The Lodger is. Historically, whenever I say things are great out loud, that’s usually when a curveball smashes into us and I’m left thinking I should never have said anything at all. But just for now, to remember how good things are, I’m going to say it out loud and put it into the universe. The Lodger is getting on great. Home life: great. School life: great. The in-between outside world life: great. A calm confidence has opened up in him. He is happy in who he is. While we’d love to take all the credi...