I am the youngest of four and my father affectionately called me ‘Littlest One’ – which turned out to be factual as I dipped out on the tall genes that my 6ft 4 twin brothers bagged and my sister was always, and still is, inches taller than my, apparently average for a woman, height.

When I created this site it was immediately translated as “Little Stone” by the search engine – I will happily take this as my alter nickname and I’m sure my siblings will confirm that I can be as annoying as a small stone in the wrong place. I would like to think I was more of a smooth edged pebble but I am also very aware of my characteristics.

One thing I think we all considered a blessing to a degree was that we all shared the same parents. My reasons for saying this will become more obvious with time but to bring it back to basics – it was one of a few things that just made our lives a little less complicated through the years.