Tonight I was at the memorial service of a lad who should have been celebrating his 21st Birthday. Yet sadly instead he was remembered by family and friends in a beautiful way as we all let go of 21 balloons in his honour. I feel quite surrounded by grief at the minute. It suddenly hit […]
Getting into bed the other week I felt a bit flustered and very aware that as soon as my head hits the pillow I have an amazing ability to be asleep. So I tried to sit up in bed a little longer as I was talking to my God. I had realised that my best […]
Growing up I lived in 6 different houses & so moved schools all around the country and had to get good at making friends! Then since moving to Manchester at 18yrs I have lived in another 4 houses and now am very happily settled in my house with my husband and baby boy! I am […]
My Lion is now 9months (I know! Already!?), he has been a bit poorly over the last few weeks. Saturday night on one of his coughing episodes I went into his room to soothe him back to sleep. I needed him to not know I was there so I was glad it was dark so […]
There must be an answer for when the days are hard When pain is great or troubles seem large For the awful things that come in to surprise or just to steal to kill and to destroy I want an answer, we all like a quick fix I know the ‘christian answer’ and the ‘right […]
I read of a terrible crime today. I read of a ‘sex-worker’ who has done a terrible thing and will be in prison for a very long time. If found guilty she deserves to be in prison for a very long time. The pain for me is that I know this woman, I have been […]
I have just been at a Baptism service where three churches came together to watch 9 men,women & children of all ages get in a pool as they ‘decide to give their life to Jesus ‘. For me, this is the most special and beautiful thing to see, I’ve had the honour of seeing baptisms […]
Thankful for My Nanan for showing me so much wisdom and your as young as you feel. Your love for people reaches so far beyond our family and has touched so many. Thankful for my Sister for showing me how to be a true,constant ,forgiving and loving friend. For giving me the gift of being an […]
Forgiveness is a topic I often wish I could scrub out of the bible when in women’s prison. The amount of terrible things most of these women have experienced means I could cringe at the idea of asking them to forgive. Jesus was very bold about it though, He spoke a lot about the importance of forgiveness […]
To say that today’s service in prison was good, or ‘yes it went well thanks’, feels like it gives God none of the true glory he deserves for what happened today in prison! I am not sure that writing a blog post is giving him full glory either, but at least I have the space […]
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