She's the one who goes shopping for lego overseas so he has more exciting lego than the other boys (the ultimate in happiness to a 9 year old). So in my opinion, family is family no matter its construction if love is at the heart of them. I read through your letter Maeve and hoped that one day, my very own young man will look back on his childhood with the same pride, happiness and security as you do. I hope the world will have changed too and he won't feel the need to defend his mother or the way he was raised. Should he need to however, I have every confidence it will be in the same articulate, confident, balanced and proud way you did. Trevor : rar : 16 May 2012 9:23:05am I think if gay marriage is legalized we'll barely hear about it anymore. What does that say about what the majority of people want? When its illegal its constantly being debated on panel shows and drum articles but when legalized will we hear much about it anymore? Basil C : 16 May 2012 9:21:32am A tale of changing attitudes over time. One set of my grandparents married in the 1930s and had a couple of kids. They had an unhappy marriage punctuated with periods of neglect and emotional abuse by my Grandfather to my Grandmother. My father talks sadly of the unhappy home he had. After he died, we found, hidden at the back of a