I Watch 'mad Men,' I Knit Scarves,

I Was Born In 1954. My Parents Were Brought Up In The War Years, And Life Was Hard.

I've Never Been A Social Person. When I Grew Up, The Other Girls Would All Be Combing Their Hair And Exchanging Lipstick, And I Just Couldn't Do That Group Thing.

When I Was Younger I Wish I'd Known That What Often Seemed To Be The 'end Of The World' Often Turned Out To Be A Positive And Transformative Experience!

In The States, The Hiv Transmission From Mother To Child Is Almost Completely Preventable - The Only Mothers Who Really Do Transmit It Are The Ones Who Don't Come In For Care. If A Mother In The United States Or In Europe Or In The Uk Comes To Care And Gets Her Medicines, She Will Have An Hiv Negative Baby. Most People Don't Know That.

You Have To Be Quite Grounded, And I Don't Know What That Is. Sometimes, That Means Being Vulnerable.