Dear Readers,

If you're still here I thank so you much for reading all this time and sticking by I'll Take Both as lately I've been a very bad blogger, I feel like I owe you an explanation.

The first (and smaller) of the two main obstructions to my postings has been that my partner and I have been buying a house.  During the last couple of weeks there has been no time for shopping unless it came in the form of tiles, carpets, wallpaper, bathrooms and kitchens.  Unfortunately the house buying process hit a great big snag when the seller decided to pull out.  The house drama isn't over yet so hopefully there'll be a silver lining when we get to then end of it.

The second and larger concern that has taken up most of our time and energy is on a much more serious note and also lends an ulterior motive to this post other than an explanation.

Back in March my partner and I received some very upsetting news that our 8 year old niece had been admitted to hospital suffering from heart failure, after some tests it was decided that she required a heart transplant and she was added to the transplant list.  With the wonders of modern medicine she is connected to a machine that actually pumps her heart for her and is taking some of the stress off her own heart.  As a complication of the surgery to connect the machine to her heart she has lost the ability to walk, this is not permanent but it's painful and she requires a lot of physio to get her back on her feet although the machine only has a 45 minute battery pack so she can't move around a great deal any way. As I'm sure you can imagine lack of mobility, hospitalisation, medications and hourly check ups is all very frustrating to an 8 year old. 

Now that I have explained my absence I have a request. I appreciate that many people have religious or personal feelings about organ donation and I respect your wishes your body is yours to do as wish but for those that have no objections, those have considered organ donation or for those that have never even thought about it if you agree with organ donation please, please take a moment from here to go to your national register and register as an organ donor. 

I know it's not a pleasant conversation and I also know it's not something people generally want to think about...until you have to.
Donating your organs after your death can help save the lives of many people in need, should you register for organ donation please do inform your next of kin of your wishes as these are the people that often get the final say.

On that note I'll say goodbye for now and I'll get back to regular posting as soon as I possible can

Take care of you and your loved ones.