As I messed up earlier with a 5 am posting I have decided on a little more today.  I have already used a little music therapy to relax myself this morning.  Someone Like You has been booming out from my Tablet and Smart T V: I am a recent convert to that fabulous woman.

I am going to see if music can help to ground Maureen today.  What I have in mind is to put on those tunes that she used to sing along to 50 years ago whilst doing her housework.  There is no doubt that this is usually a mood lifter.  If things go well I will put on South Pacific and she will sing with gusto: ‘I’m going to wash that man right out of my hair’.  That always makes her feel good: those who know her will ‘get the picture’.

My final plan in this musical journey is to put on some Festive Music.  I want to see if Christmas can be moved into her mind set.  I have a sneaking feeling that there are some very happy memories there that we might just tap into.  In all of this I will proceed with caution because as my cyber friend Kate Swaffer  says; ‘gently, genty catchee monkey’.  That must be the Aussie in you Kate: Maureen always says ‘slowly’!