Cheers Carrie, and congratulations!
Actually, I still owe you rent from the last Paris Eurotrib meet-up... I'm sure we'll sort it one day.
That was the only occasion when I met Helen in the flesh. It was a great experience, it really confirmed what I already knew from interactions here : she was a sister soul for me.

I had a nephew who is now a niece. She looks so much happier than when she was a boy. She lives on the other side of the world, so I wasn't able to give them much support for the transition -- I would have liked to compensate a bit for the lack of support of their father, my brother.

_{It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II}