What a day yesterday, I woke to find that my car and most of our household possesions had been stolen whilst we slept. We were not insured for the contents and thus are massively out of pocket- lesson one learnt! The thieves managed to climb in through the tinniest window, one which I am not confident Stewart Little could have got through without disclocating his shoulders. I suppose it was sheer determination for our goods that enabled him/her to get in harm free? Yet the window was still open- lesson two learnt.

As the day went on and the realisation of how much of our possesions had been stolen dawned on us, our moods sank. Yet we continued to laugh and joke and try to make the best of a dreadful and painful situation.

So the third lesson I have learnt is you can have everything stolen from you, but your true friends.