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Category: Brave for the other e book

  • Brave For The Other

    Brave For The Other

    20 Minutes of audio now

    ONE PROMISE.

    The adult version of a children’s truth.

    Pic: Two people and a promise.

    Brave For The Other — Volume 1 (Adult Edition)
    Listening time: 20 minutes · Also available as a children’s edition
    Long description
    Some stories are written. This one was walked.
    Brave For The Other — Volume 1 is the adult companion to the children’s picture book

    https://lcchaosandhome.gumroad.com/l/xkerq

    of the same name — the unflinching version, the one told after the lights go down and the pram wheels stop turning. In twenty raw, cinematic minutes, Lance and Carolyn pull back the curtain on the year that asked everything of them — and on the three cats who quietly held the line.
    There’s Ruby, the black-and-white tuxedo tom: cantankerous, impossibly resilient, the kind of cat who looks at a terminal prognosis and decides he isn’t finished yet. Moon, the soft one, who gives love away like it costs her nothing.

    Pic: The Luxury Of Touch
    Pic:
    “Ruby illustration. One night, I recorded a portion of this audio and heard him behind me at 2:00 AM. I felt like a hypocrite reciting his praises and ignoring him, so I turned around and wondered if he could understand. Instantly, I sat him beside me. Not a herd of wild horses would have me believe that he wasn’t absorbing the melancholy prognosis from the vet.”

    Here is the clip .

    Pic: She looked appallingly sad when I found her. She
    Pic: Adorable

    And Millie, the tortoiseshell — only ever touched gently, head-first, because somebody before them got it wrong, and she has not forgotten.
    This is the origin story behind LC Chaos and Home. A small Cheshire life. A blue pram. A cloud blanket. And the lanes of Warrington, Hillcliffe and Stockton Heath in sun and rain — nearly nine weeks of long walks after the vet said weeks, not months. Ruby curled into a tight ball most days, almost weightless. Then someone would say the word pram — and to their astonishment, he’d uncurl, find his feet, and go and wait beside it. Every single time.
    Volume 1 doesn’t flinch from the strain. The pensive ache of wanting a break, a holiday, anything — and not being able to leave. The quiet recalibration of two people who realised they had become entirely centric to one small life, and that the only way through was outward — branching into new realms, learning AI, building something that could carry the story when they couldn’t carry it alone.
    It is, at its heart, the simplest equation of all: two people and a promise. One small step. One kind thing. Brave for the other.
    For listeners of memoir-led audio in the vein of Glennon Doyle, Matt Haig and Helen Macdonald — and for anyone who has ever loved something so much they had to learn a new version of themselves to keep loving it well.
    The children’s edition tells it gently, with paw prints and sunshine. This one tells it true.
    Press play. Meet Ruby, Moon and Millie. Be brave for the other.

    Volume 1: Audio

    AN AUDIOBOOK ABOUT EMPATHY & EVERYDAY

    COURAGE

    Link

    https://lcchaosandhome.gumroad.com/l/llgfwu

  • Brave for the Other.

    Walking Cheshire pushing Ruby

    For 60 days straight—sometimes for several hours a day—we walked in all weathers. Virtually every day since his diagnosis, we covered the miles: up London Road, along the Bridgewater Canal, through Walton Gardens, and around Hillcliffe. We even nicknamed that steep stretch up London Road “Cardio Hill.”

    It was difficult. There was the constant struggle of coaxing a cat out, gently unfolding his weathered body, and cleaning eyes and legs that he insisted on repeatedly biting. But like a prisoner finally granted release, the absolute payoff was witnessing his zest for life once he was out there.

    What we carry with us now is the memory of that effort. Even when taking the long route in the pouring rain—while Ruby remained shielded from the elements, tucked under the waterproof cover of his pram with a hot water bottle—it was always worth it. None of it would have been possible without taking that first small step, choosing one kind thing, and being Brave for the Other.

    This journey inspired me to capture these lessons of courage, pet loss, and the bond between humans and animals. I have written a children’s picture book titled Brave for the Other. This illustrated book is available as a digital PDF for £7.99, featuring a moving story and beautiful artwork that celebrate the spirit of our companions.

    Links to purchase and explore more are available in our link tree and here.

    Not in the book. But another story!

  • “Brave for the Other”

    I’ve written a little children’s story about cats and the enormous benefits of taking one small step, doing one kind thing, and being brave for another.

    It’s called “Brave for the Other”. It’s for ages 4 to 7 and will be available on Gumroad for £7.99. It will be just one of several stories I’ll be creating.

    Here is an illustration of Millie, showing her beautiful colouring: “the colours of autumn leaves”.

    The underlying theme of the book is the value of not just saying, but doing. But there is also immense satisfaction gained from the way people and living animals absorb kindness, and from the gratitude received in return.

    We have realised that the luxury of touch is incredible. Every single day, you have an opportunity to give someone, or something, the chance to remember how you made them feel.

    Millie, “With colourings like Autumn leaves”
    Ruby in his pram
    Moon, “Always sharing the love”
    Carolyn and Lance walking ever day with the fabulous Ruby in his pram.
    Lance and Carolyn, in our “Sanctuary for the misunderstood “