Last night, Pia and I went to Shepherds Bush and saw the truly incredible Macy Gray, at the O2 Academy.

After the gig, we very sensibly got the bus back, rather than taking the highspeedwheelchairinthebuslane option.

People have often wondered, and asked me directly, what my relationship with Pia exactly is? Last night it seemed to dawn on me properly, and in full.

When I’m with her, and because of the way she is with me ( always ) I don’t feel like I’m disabled and paralysed. Obviously it’s always there, that awareness, but Pia somehow makes it alright.