“Imagine if we’d not listened to God..we wouldn’t have our son. Yet can’t imagine life without him” The words of my husband just before he fell asleep. For me a statement like that sends my brain far too wild to then be able to sleep! Yes, gosh imagine if we had said no or ignored […]
Rest Rest Rest Put on some beautiful music Turn off your phone Light a candle Rest Rest Rest You’ll be better for it Everything will be better from it Rest Rest Rest “Ask and it will be given to you Seek and you will find Knock and the door will be opened to you. For […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
Today’s writing is from my sister, I admire her bravery and heart to help anyone who has/is experienced something similar, Bravery and Hope shine through.. I have thought about writing this post for about a year, and it finally felt like the right time. This time last year, after nine months of trying for our […]
On Monday I was unable to run my session and once again came close to the realisation of the pain that is experiences by those in prison. The latest figures by ‘women in prison’ have shown that; In the year leading up to March 2013, six women died in custody. There were 94 self-inflicted deaths of women prisoners […]
1. Respect Freedom This probably seems like the most obvious one. It would be easier to say enjoy or value your freedom, remember each day how amazing it is that we have freedom. But it’s quite unrealistic in our day to day lives to be genuinely aware of our freedom-especially if we have never been […]
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