In 2003 Our Lady in France (OLIF - pronounced Olive - as in "On The Buses") moved to the South of France with JS, her long suffering Veterinarian husband and Tash, their beautiful and bright daughter.

OLIF started sending e-mails to her family and friends about their adventures. When OLIF started she was not great at typing, punctuation or even computers. However her great enthusiasm for life meant her emails got bigger, more lively and funnier. Friends started forwarding the emails to other friends of OLIF. Friends of friends passed on the word.

Now her emails are sent to hundreds of friends around the world.

I started collecting her tales of their life in France - I've tried (and failed) to tidy up the spelling and even had a go at the punctuation. What is left is the essence of OLIF.

On this site are some samples of her love of life, her love of her family, her love of friends and the (ok ok - enough of the luuurve thing - what about the time when Shipman saved Hudson? OLIF xx)

From time to time I will put some archived emails up here... Yeah yeah Mike (aka Genius Brother-In-Law or "Gerbil" for short - Maybe JS should treat him!) - just get on and tell everyone about the Car Wash and me schmoozing the Maire about the The Pool House or even show them the pictures of OUR FABULOUS PARTY)  - OLIF xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

PS: Don't forget to see The Guest Book and PLEASE send us your pictures.