Introducing La

So where do I start telling you about La? There are many things to say about La. La is beautiful, intensely musical, 22 and a half years old, a bit of a clown, oppressively affectionate, cheerful and sometimes overwhelming.
   La is also epileptic, long-sighted, doubly incontinent, takes endless delight her own noisy farts and has severe learning difficulties ... all of which lead to some pretty interesting behaviours for us all to deal with.
   Sound like fun? Well actually, without wanting to trivialise all this, yes it can be! If anyone had told me 22 years ago that a night in with La could be quite a treat, that her sisters would pine dreadfully for her when they are away and that she quickly becomes quite a popular person in many places she frequents, would have been quite amazed.
  When alarm bells started ringing about this placid baby nobody could tell us how things would pan out and with a mother's imagination being what it is, I did fear the absolute worst.
   In many ways, the worst is what we got but there's more to it than that.