My daughter decided she’d come and pay us a visit this weekend, so having broken the more usual student mould she and her boyfriend rose early (5:00am for God’s sake) packed themselves into Tallulah (her little black number) and headed south out of Bradford. I’m pleased to say they arrived here safe and sound around four and half hours later having stopped only briefly en-route.

It’s lovely to see her again of course because I do miss having her around since she shipped out to student life at university in Bradford last year; this despite having spent time together through the summer vac and more recently grabbing a couple of hours together when we paid a flying visit to Yorkshire at the end of September. I don’t know about any of you folks out there with kids away at university, but I still find it hard to believe that my little girl won’t come bursting into the room full of the latest fad and news of the day. She’s not so little now of course…

Being a parent is a hard thing to get right at times. Just how do you handle the situations Life throws at you? It’s never easy that’s for sure; Lonemum’s post Darn Teenagers is proof of that (if any were needed). Lord knows there are plenty of parenting manuals on the market, but in my experience none of them offer up the information that would be really helpful. I mean, how can they? No two situations are the same and although there may be similarities there are just as likely to be vast differences too. You just have to make the best job of it you can and hope you’re getting it right. Thankfully, I think most of us do.

Anyway, I’m off to make the most of an unexpected visit. :D