Table of Contents

Contents Preface Introduction Highland joy 1 Learning life 2 The beauty of the view 3 Life in time 4 What am I thinking? 5 Being let down 6 Depression 7 More ups, less downs 8 Alone 9 Full circle 10 Back ache 11 Suffering loss 12 Tragedy 13 Fifteen years long 14 Two spirits 15 Commitment 16 Marriage 17 Pregnancy scares 18 Life being born 19 Baby Peter 20 Children 21 Families 22 Cooking for pleasure 23 Jake 25 Putting things right 26 Who regrets? 27 The future 28

About the Author

I am Scottish and was born in Glasgow. We moved around quite a bit during my growing up years, including living in Pollok, Paisley and Barrhead. I am 45 years old. I am married. I have always lived in Scotland, and I have never been tempted to live anywhere else. My wife and I have five daughters - aged 21, 20, 18, 18 and 15. We have a 14-year-old Rottweiler named Jake and a three-legged cat called Oscar. I live with severe disability due to a bad car crash many years ago. I prefer not to dwell on this. I walk tentatively, and occasionally with assistance. My wife goes out to work. I am based at home. Although I am unemployed, I am very busy because I spend lots of time with my five girls. I do all the cooking. We don't like processed food, and I put a lot of time into making nourishing meals. I have written a cookbook using my own recipes, and I hope that this will be published in the future. I am the author of two published novels.