So here we have what will likely be my quickest EVER Thankful post, because…I’m moving house tonight (Friday) and as I write, I am snuggled in bed, surrounded by boxes, bags, half-not-done-yet stuff, and an absolute JUMBLE of things to sort out, organise, and consider. I’m also due to go play netball (in Christmas hats)…
The other night I got glared at and kicked right in the needy. It was all metaphorical, though the love with which the kick was aimed, was very real. And sometimes I need that kind of rough-and-ready reality check, particularly at the moment.
You know that old story about how you wait ages for a bus and then two come at once? Sometimes birthdays are a bit like that – there’s a long, dry spell with no parties, no cake, no presents – and then BAM! there’s a whole BUNCH of them all at once! Today I’m VERY…
The biggest influence in my life right now is…opposition. So many thoughts whirl around my brain, circling arguments, possibilities, current situations and future possibilities. I’m caught between ‘on one hand’, with the other hand grasping tight to the rock which borders the hard place adjacent to it. I’ve got cards close to my chest, tricks…
I lit candles in my fireplace today, in coloured-glass-filled lanterns, which cast bright shadows on the walls in crystal hues. I lit candles in lanterns with filigree metalwork, so that patterns danced and swayed with the flames, and the shadows were cast out (except where they were beautiful). I lit candles that were plain, in…
Have you ever really stopped to consider your impact on other people? Maybe those young, impressionable faces in your lives, who look up to you as a role model, and who will be silently taking on board the way you live your life; the way you approach a challenge; the way you celebrate; the way…
Tear. You can have it both ways with this one – ‘tear’, as in the things which drown my eyes and shine tracks down my face in the lamplight; or ‘tear’, as in the portion of my heart which ripped and ripped again with each loss and each reminder. A year ago today I shared…
Dear Precious I realise this is something of an ‘open letter’ format (a vehicle I’m still not entirely sure I like, though I admit it serves its purpose) but in writing this post in this way, I have the opportunity to spin words around you in a shimmering cloud, creating the illusion of intimacy,…
I never thought I’d get to write one of these – I’ve seen so many children shown off on their first days back to the next level-up of school, and I’ve always missed out – this year I get to JOIN IN! It’s terribly exciting! I want you all to help me celebrate one of…
After everything which has happened, and all the complications, health, mental-health and relationship challenges I’ve faced, I feel (right now) as though if I were going to have kids, I’d need to meet someone worth having them with yesterday. I checked yesterday – I didn’t meet anyone. So I’m over at Club Mid @ Scary…
Considerings 