Our best friends make us better. Have you noticed? I can't be petty around Ash. Any adversity that comes her way, she says it helps define what's important. Lots of stuff has happened over the years. Lots of it is good stuff. Some of it is rotten. Well. In my opinion. Not in Ashley's. If you're a Brit, then you should know that my American girlhood friend is one of your national spokespeople for Motor Neurone Disease (ALS back home). Last year she was featured a...

Waterloo Station at 14:00 for the fast ride to Portsmouth Harbour and the haven offered by another precious friend. Ashley met me at the train on her scooter (Ash has MND to you Brits; ALS for the Americans amongst us). Ten years of the nasty thing, and she meets my train--traveling faster than me with my cases, by a long shot. From the train round to the left to the Gosport ferry (lovely ride across the Harbour) to the bus to Ashley's perfect home in Gosport. ...