The Wheels of the Bus

Thank you. I followed Connor's mum on twtr and her personal blog for quite some time.

Sara's gentle but powerful prose of everyday life with her beautiful Dude and family reached out across a void,

Many parents felt adrift, we could not gossip at school gates, our children often out of area in specialist provision. We didn't have the luxury of sharing, viva voce to express the humour, turmoil, skirmishes, full blown battles and most of all, love, in a strange universe governed by  tick boxes, top down expectations and a shifting terrain.

I tell you this because on that morning, almost a year ago,   Sara's shock and horror cried out across the social networks: her boy was lost,

 we wept with her

for her.

...and we raged, how could this happen?

He was an exceptional individual.

I felt as if we had lost one of our own.

...because, on that day, July 4th 2013,

every one of us had.

xx Lena

The sadness is that he is not the only young person lost to a system of care unfit for purpose.

Sara and family fight on.

If anyone would like to help them bring about change for All the Young Dudes, please visit 

http://sarasiobhan.wordpress.com/fundraising/

...and delight in Connor's paintings :)

Best wishes

Lena xx

Thanks Vera,  the Dude, as his dedicated mum notes in her recent writing, is a legend.  So many have united because of him, to make a difference. Awesome!

Best wishes and regards

Lena xxx